Flight Instructor Rating
The Instructor Rating Course is a 12 week course designed to get students through their Flight Instructor Rating assessment with CASA, and prepare them for their career as an instructor. An instructor rating is one of the best ways to sharpen flying skills and enhance discipline, accuracy and proficiency. Additionally, completing an instructor rating increases the options that trainees have to get a job upon graduation. There are many instructing jobs offered around Australia each year.
Flight Instructors are at the forefront of providing entry level for pilots at all levels and this is a real responsibility. Flight Instructors have a real input into Aviation Safety Practices and Airmanship.
Licensing and Ratings
Flight Instructor Endorsements
- Recreational Pilot Licence (RPL)
- Private Pilot Licence (PPL)
- Comercial Piot Licence (CPL)
- Night VFR Rating (NVFR)
- Flight Instructor Rating (FIR) SEA/MEA
- Instrument Rating (IFR) SEA/MEA
- Private Instrument Rating (PIFR)
- Type rating – multi engine aeroplane
- FIR Design Feature
- FIR Grade 1 Endorsement
- FIR Grade 2 Endorsement
- FIR Grade 3 Endorsement
- FIR Instructor Rating training approvals
- FIR Instrument Rating training approvals
- FIR MEA Class Rating Training approvals
- FIR MEA Class Rating Instructor Training approvals
- FIR Night VFR Training approvals
- FIR SEA Class Rating Training approvals
- FIR Spinning training approvals
The course includes:
- 20 hours; PMI course
- 80 hours of ground briefings and supervised study with the dedicated instructors
- 20 hours of ground school (general knowledge and regulations)
- FIR course folder; includes material to build your own long and short briefs, PMI notes etc.
- White board markers
- Flight instructor manual textbook
- Aviation instructors handbook
- 39 hours dual flight (PA-38, C172S, C182)
- Spinning activity
- Work experience at maintenance hangar (get to know your aeroplane)
- Flight test (first attempt)
- Movement and landing fees for Camden
The course is 12 weeks with a commitment of at least 3 days a week. Upon successful completion of the course you will receive:
- CASA Flight Instructor Rating
- G3A endorsement
- Spinning activity endorsement
- PMI certificate
- BIF certificate
- Design feature training endorsement
Prerequisites
- Australia Commercial Pilot Licence
- Class 1 or 2 Medical