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Flight Instructor Certificate, FI (A)
Overview: This course will enable you to become a qualified flight instructor, upon successful completion you will be awarded a UK CAA and/or EASA FI (A) restricted certificate.
UK FI (A) restricted certificate.
Course breakdown:
Over approximately 8-10 weeks (studying full-time) you will learn the following:
- Ground Training - 125 hours of theoretical knowledge instruction. This covers the following subjects:
- Air Law
- Aircraft General Knowledge
- Flight Performance and Planning
- Human Performance and Limitations
- Meteorology
- Navigation
- Operational Procedures
- Principles of Flight and Communications
- Flight Training - at least 30 hours flying including flight instruction, 5 of which may be mutual flying, (2 student instructors flying together to practice flight demonstrations).
Entry Requirements:
An applicant for an FI (A) certificate should have:- Hold at least a CPL(A); or hold at least a PPL(A) and have passed the CPL theoretical knowledge examination and completed at least 200 hours of flight time on aeroplanes or TMGs, of which 150 hours as PIC;
- Have completed a VFR cross-country flight as PIC, including a flight of at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course of which full stop landings at 2 different aerodromes shall be made;
- Have received at least 10 hours of instrument flight instruction on the appropriate aircraft category, of which not more than 5 hours may be instrument ground time in an FSTD;
- Have completed at least 30 hours on single-engine piston powered aeroplanes of which at least 5 hours shall have been completed during the 6 months preceding the pre-entry flight test.
- Have completed 20 hours of VFR cross-country flight on the appropriate aircraft category as PIC.
Assessment:
Upon successful completion of the training, a skill test will be taken with a Flight Instructor Examiner (FIE). This must be carried out within 6 months of the completion of the training and failure to do so will result in the need for extra training.
Course Fees:
Please contact our Admissions team for further information.
Start dates:
- 8 August 2023
Career opportunities and bursaries
Upon successful completion of the course, newly qualified instructors will have the opportunity to be interviewed for a position at FTA Global. The Honorable Company of Air Pilots offer bursaries for instructors and more information can be found here: Flying Bursaries
