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Initial CFI Training

Matthew Waugh

Ground Training

This is the Ground Training syllabus for Initial CFI candidate training. During the ground training each CFI candidate will prepare lesson plans on each of the various areas of operation that may be tested during the check-ride. These lesson plans can be used during the check-ride.

This training will prepare you to take the FOI and CFI knowledge tests. If you plan to take these tests during this training please ensure your instructor knows so that the schedule can accommodate time for you take these tests.

This ground training takes 8 days.

Fundamentals of Instruction - including
  • The learning process
  • Elements of effective teaching
  • Student evaluation and testing
  • Course development
  • Lesson planning
  • Classroom training techniques
 8 hours
Lesson Plans - prepare and practice
  • Takeoff - normal and cross-wind
  • Landing - normal and cross-wind
  • Four Fundamentals
 4 hours
Federal Aviation Regulations
  • Part 1, 61, 91, 119, 141
  • NTSB 830 Accident Reporting Requirements
 4 hours
Lesson Plans - prepare and practice
  • Steep Turns
  • Rectangular Course
  • S-Turns
  • Turns around a point
 4 hours
Airman's Information Manual and Advisory Circulars 4 hours
Lesson Plans - prepare and practice
  • Slow Flights
  • Stalls
  • Basic Instrument Maneuvers
 4 hours
Use of Aeronautical Charts 2 hours
Radio Communication Procedures 1 hour
Collision Avoidance/Wake Turbulence 1 hour
Lesson Plans - prepare and practice
  • Chandelles
  • Lazy-Eights
  • Eights on Pylons
 4 hours
Weather 2 hours
Aircraft Performance and Weight and Balance 2 hours
Lesson Plans - prepare and practice
  • Emergency Operations
  • Night Flight
  • Pre-flight
  • Airport Operations
 4 hours
Aerodynamics, powerplants and aircraft systems 2 hours
Stall awareness, spins 30 mins
Aeronautical Decision Making 1 hour
Pre-flight actions 30 mins
Lesson Plans - prepare and practice
  • Short Field Landings
  • Soft Field Landings
  • Forward Slip to Landing
  • Go-Around
 4 hours
Endorsements 2 hours
Certificates and Documents and Minimum Equipment Lists 1 hour
Aeromedical Factors 1 hour
Practice Oral Exam 4 hours