For Instructors, Examiners and Applicants
The FAA has released new Practical Test Standards (PTS) for the
Certified Flight Instructor (CFI). Last updated in 2002, the new
standards are effective February 22, 2008. Among the changes, new
tasks have been added including awareness of Temporary Flight
Restrictions (TFRs), runway incursion avoidance procedures, carburetor
fire hazards, course of action if selected touchdown point is going to
be missed, accelerated stalls, and emergency descents.
Practical Test Standards are used by instructors, students,
and examiners to prepare for, review, take, or issue the checkride.
They list the knowledge and experience prerequisites, the levels of
skill that must be demonstrated, and describe background study and
reference materials.
ASA reprints the most current FAA Practical Test Standards in this
series of handy cockpit-sized guides. Every PTS is written by the FAA
and details the type and levels of skill and knowledge that must be
demonstrated before an examiner can issue a certificate or rating to an
applicant. Soft cover, 5” x 8-1/4”.