Mike - this is excellent! I am working on getting my CFI renewed and getting my double-I add on. Your advice on creating your own lesson plans was excellent and definitely helps you learn it.
Great video! My examiner told me to stop teaching in the plane after teaching the first maneuver. He said he knew I could teach. Every DPE is different, it’s the great unknown lol.
Good stuff mike! Thanks for the video. I’ve got my CFI coming up in 2 weeks. Found this video helpful. Especially “teaching your way out of mistakes” “I am a CFI” and nailing down the FOI.
Great advice here folks! Thanks for the info! Some DPEs are so old school , any checklist you use at your flight school go out the window. Make sure you not only are proficient at what your school teaches, but reconcile and include any differences from your POH/AFM that your school checklist omits; so, I had to discontinue my first attempt at CFI initial because the examiner started having me change my checklists right before my flight. I got thru the oral but I was so exhausted after 6 hours that I didn’t think I could fly to standards using the new checklist- I was essentially told that if I didn’t use the new checklist and approach speeds that I would fail.
Mike Bennett For Cessna 172S: first thing off the bat was the examiner noted we don’t even have a committed Short Field/Max Performance T/O Checklist (there are parentheses to include differences between various configurations& T/O, but the speed procedures were committed to memory/technique)- wasn’t going to try to fight any battles-and was taught to retract flaps thru Vx (62KIAS, and at safe altitude ) when POH says retract at 60KIAS ;not a big deal, I was feeling fine with that b/c wld b within +- 5 standards . POH also says to “Slightly Tail Low” thru entire roll (when we were taught to SLIGHTLY rotate at 51 which wld put us “Slightly Tail Low” before our climb out speed-apparently not what DPE wanted to hear- he wanted tail low entire roll , almost like what we were taught for soft field) to climb out at 56 ...Short field Landing he noted we don’t have a Committed Checklist (just an approach/b4 landing checklist)- I was taught 1.3 Vso w/full flaps by my commercial DPE which wld put final approach speed at 52, when POH very specifically says 62- big difference there. Balked Landing specifically says after immediately retracting flaps to 20 to climb at 60 KIAS retract to 10 , and then at safe alt thru 65 KIAS , retract flaps fully. We were taught to climb out at Vx62KIAS instead of 60KIAS and to put flaps at 10 after 55KIAS, not 60 after per POH. Looking back , if i wasn’t so exhausted after the oral I probably would have dealt with and nailed it just fine, but I just wasn’t fully prepared for that change up and DPE was increasing intensity specifically over this stuff , and kept saying how strict he was over it, and it kind of psyched me out -in an already stressful environment - so I just called it before the flight. Lengthy , but hope this developed some insight for you.
holyteejful your DPE sounds like a nut job. Tail low would not result in a shorter takeoff. You are adding drag. The only reason to do that is during a soft field takeoff.
holyteejful to get real short field landing performance, all speeds should be adjusted for weight. 62 is too fast for most training weights. Landing Weight / max gross weight sq x speed at max = new landing speed.
FANTASTIC video! Thank you so much for this! Gave me lots of info and tips that I was looking for. Working on getting my CFI and seems like such a mountain to climb!
Agree, this video helps to calm me down about the whole process. Just took the writtens and now getting down to it seems so overwhelming. Didn’t even know where to begin or how to attack this! Combine that with all the videos saying how insanely hard it is makes me want to curl up into the fetal position LOL.
Thank you for the talk! I'm studying and preparing to get the instrument instructor rating first, since that's what I'm more familiar with. I'm ready for the FOI knowledge test now and I'll be developing the lesson plans soon.
Mike thanks for great post, I’m working on my CFI now trying to get all book work done before I start main bulk of the flying. Lesson plans were kind of stumping me but your explanation helped a lot. Do you for a beginner and someone who is a CFI part time would be better to start at a part 141 school. I currently work as atc controller so I’m trying to figure out how many hours I can devote per week toward students and realistically how much flight time a week I can build up. Thanks again
@@110knotscfii Sorry to hear that does the new covid relief changes that the FAA released a couple weeks ago help you at all. Thanks for the encouragement. ☺️
Thanks man this is great - building lesson plans is a daunting task, wasn't sure where to begin. I like the technique about screenshotting videos to explain / grab attention - just might have to steal that...
Thanks for your insights. I’m a retired military pilot so I didn’t go through the traditional flight school route so forgive me if my question is stupid. During this virus shutdown I’ve started home study for my CFI and keep hearing about building a binder. I get that I’ll need to write lesson plans for each task but I checked the private pilot ACS and there are only 64 tasks (including SES) so why a 600 page binder? What am I missing? Thank you
Steve Ramsey 600 pages is total overkill. I suggest Powerpoint presentations. They are pretty and you’ll use them in your work. Maybe print the slides and put them in a “binder”. My CFII was a few PowerPoints. The same ones I use today.
600 pages?! mine was less than 50 pages, albeit dumb downed lesson plans. The big thing is being able to explain everything. To create another textbook for yourself isn't necessary as long as you know where to reference the necessary information from the FAA resources (tab everything for quick reference). I will agree however that Runway Incursion avoidance as well as risk management are very big and a special emphasis area. Congrats on passing your checkride, I just passed mine last Friday. Cheers
Thanks Mike! About to take my CFI initial and this really helped! I wish I would have watched this before I went down to American Flyers. How is the instructing going?
good video, the last part you say about waking up day of exam and telling yourself your a instructor really hit home, mine is scheduled on the 19th. very excited and thanks for the encouraging video
Hey MikeGreat Video and thank you. Im having huge issues with my lesson plans. My instructor knows that I know the info well. However I am struggling since my school has a lot of foreign students and some have never driven a car or used a bicycle. And I am not going as super basic as I can. Any ideas?
John Keith that’s the challenge. For example: Teaching turns around a point have the student walk around a cup on the floor. To simulate wind push them (softly). “See how you’re moving closer to the point?” “What do you have to do?” Push back “how do we do that in an airplane?” Fly into the wind. Shallow the bank, or with allot of wind we crab into the wind. Now when downwind push them on their back. “What do you have to do to remain the same distance from the cup?” Turn steeper.
Hello Mike! Congrats on your CFI checkride! I really like your videos. Any chance I can get your email so I can get some more information about your CFI training? Thanks for sharing your experience.
I am enjoying your videos. They are quite informative. You may have covered this before, but I am 34 years old and absolutely loathe my current career. I have always loved aviation and should have done this many years ago, but is it too late for me to become a pilot and have a career that I love?
chris k no. Not at all. I’m 40 and I’m going for it. 1. Have your finances set. Don’t run out of money. 2. Go to an accelerated school for everything beyond private. 3. Become a CFI. You’ll learn more as a CFI than any other type of flying. 4. Be prepared to be poor. Like can’t fill the oil tank and trashed credit poor. 5. Enjoy the trip.
Mike Bennett Thanks for that reply. I currently dont have the ability to get loans for a flight school, so I was looking at going to a local airport and I guess I would have to pay for each hour out of pocket, but I absolutely know that I will love being at the controls.
Cameron Gallagher did he fail you? If so, I’d make a call to the FSDO and request a new DPE. Law of primacy. Teach the right thing FIRST. Memory is error prone, using lesson plans and notes keeps you on topic and limits mistakes.
This is way too much work. You don’t have to know everything to pass the CFI practical and you sure as hell don’t have to have a 600 page binder. My binder was less than 200 pages and was all written by other people. No wonder why it took this guy 2 years whereas others can do it in months or even weeks.
First negative comment. Congratulations. Maybe the DPEs aren’t as strict now that we are hard up for CFIs. I don’t know. All I know is that I’ve seen total trash pilots passing the CFI lately. I’m glad my Examiners demanded high standards. Oh, I was also an architect for a Fortune 500 and started my own contracting company at the same time. So, that’s the two years.
Mike - this is excellent! I am working on getting my CFI renewed and getting my double-I add on. Your advice on creating your own lesson plans was excellent and definitely helps you learn it.
Great video! My examiner told me to stop teaching in the plane after teaching the first maneuver. He said he knew I could teach. Every DPE is different, it’s the great unknown lol.
Solid advice. THE CFI checkride study process is a marathon.
A+++
I will be watching this video several times. I just started my CFI Academy and this is great information. Good job.
Congrats for getting you CFI!! Mike and thanks for all the valuable information and time!
Thanks for sharing your personal experience and... congrats on your new CFI gig down south!
Awesome advice!
Hey Mike, thanks so much for this video. I recently passed my CFI checkride and your tips in the video were a big help!
Great video! Thanks for posting and happy and safe flying!
Great video Mike! Thanks for all of your tips!
Mike, really enjoyed your video and great thoughts. Very practical approach in learning, teaching and overall experience. Thanks
Awesome video, Congratulation CFI
Thank you for sharing your experience, hopefully, this week will end my nightmare.
Thanks for the video! Going for my CFI checkride soon and this was perfect to hear before it
Just passed my CFI Ride! I must have watched this video a dozen times during training. Thanks for the help!
Congratulations 🎉🍾🎊👨🏻✈️ I’m glad this video helped a bit.
Good stuff mike! Thanks for the video. I’ve got my CFI coming up in 2 weeks. Found this video helpful. Especially “teaching your way out of mistakes” “I am a CFI” and nailing down the FOI.
Great useful info! Thanks for taking time to make this video.
Congratulations! Wishing you much success.
Great advice here folks! Thanks for the info! Some DPEs are so old school , any checklist you use at your flight school go out the window. Make sure you not only are proficient at what your school teaches, but reconcile and include any differences from your POH/AFM that your school checklist omits; so, I had to discontinue my first attempt at CFI initial because the examiner started having me change my checklists right before my flight. I got thru the oral but I was so exhausted after 6 hours that I didn’t think I could fly to standards using the new checklist- I was essentially told that if I didn’t use the new checklist and approach speeds that I would fail.
holyteejful do you have an example?
Mike Bennett For Cessna 172S: first thing off the bat was the examiner noted we don’t even have a committed Short Field/Max Performance T/O Checklist (there are parentheses to include differences between various configurations& T/O, but the speed procedures were committed to memory/technique)- wasn’t going to try to fight any battles-and was taught to retract flaps thru Vx (62KIAS, and at safe altitude ) when POH says retract at 60KIAS ;not a big deal, I was feeling fine with that b/c wld b within +- 5 standards . POH also says to “Slightly Tail Low” thru entire roll (when we were taught to SLIGHTLY rotate at 51 which wld put us “Slightly Tail Low” before our climb out speed-apparently not what DPE wanted to hear- he wanted tail low entire roll , almost like what we were taught for soft field) to climb out at 56 ...Short field Landing he noted we don’t have a Committed Checklist (just an approach/b4 landing checklist)- I was taught 1.3 Vso w/full flaps by my commercial DPE which wld put final approach speed at 52, when POH very specifically says 62- big difference there. Balked Landing specifically says after immediately retracting flaps to 20 to climb at 60 KIAS retract to 10 , and then at safe alt thru 65 KIAS , retract flaps fully. We were taught to climb out at Vx62KIAS instead of 60KIAS and to put flaps at 10 after 55KIAS, not 60 after per POH. Looking back , if i wasn’t so exhausted after the oral I probably would have dealt with and nailed it just fine, but I just wasn’t fully prepared for that change up and DPE was increasing intensity specifically over this stuff , and kept saying how strict he was over it, and it kind of psyched me out -in an already stressful environment - so I just called it before the flight. Lengthy , but hope this developed some insight for you.
holyteejful your DPE sounds like a nut job. Tail low would not result in a shorter takeoff. You are adding drag. The only reason to do that is during a soft field takeoff.
holyteejful to get real short field landing performance, all speeds should be adjusted for weight. 62 is too fast for most training weights. Landing Weight / max gross weight sq x speed at max = new landing speed.
Lots of great advice brotha ! Congrats on CFI
Thank you for sharing your experience....
Congrats for getting you CFI!! and thanks for all the valuable information and time!
Marwan Alsaidi thank you!
Congrats, Mike! Well done! Great video and Thanks for posting!
Thank you!
I’m taking my AGI soon .Got the FOI test done . Your video is good !
Excellent. And Thanks for the sharing
FANTASTIC video! Thank you so much for this! Gave me lots of info and tips that I was looking for. Working on getting my CFI and seems like such a mountain to climb!
Nick Landman best of luck! Let me know if you have any questions.
Agree, this video helps to calm me down about the whole process. Just took the writtens and now getting down to it seems so overwhelming. Didn’t even know where to begin or how to attack this! Combine that with all the videos saying how insanely hard it is makes me want to curl up into the fetal position LOL.
Mike.Excellent Video.Thank You
Thank you for the talk! I'm studying and preparing to get the instrument instructor rating first, since that's what I'm more familiar with. I'm ready for the FOI knowledge test now and I'll be developing the lesson plans soon.
jetfuelhead let me know how you do. Best of luck
Congrats Mike CFI is a major accomplishment. Great video I want to see you post more videos in the future. See you soon
Thank you!
Thanks for the very informative video.
Mike thanks for great post, I’m working on my CFI now trying to get all book work done before I start main bulk of the flying. Lesson plans were kind of stumping me but your explanation helped a lot. Do you for a beginner and someone who is a CFI part time would be better to start at a part 141 school. I currently work as atc controller so I’m trying to figure out how many hours I can devote per week toward students and realistically how much flight time a week I can build up. Thanks again
Great info thank you for your honesty ! I'm working on my Helicopter CFI.
Best of luck. It's worth it. I miss flying very much. COVID knocked me off that path, my finances couldn't take it anymore.
@@110knotscfii Sorry to hear that does the new covid relief changes that the FAA released a couple weeks ago help you at all. Thanks for the encouragement. ☺️
Thanks man this is great - building lesson plans is a daunting task, wasn't sure where to begin. I like the technique about screenshotting videos to explain / grab attention - just might have to steal that...
Great info. Thanks for the video.
Great video. Thank you.
Thanks for the advice, I'm glad I saw this.
Hey, Great video, well said, I just finished at CFI academy, You nailed the process, thank you, blue skies.
Passed the cfi ride!
Mike, Congrats on obtaining the CFI !!
Gary M thank you!
Wow Mike, I never knew there was that much to becoming a CFI - Congratulation!
Chuck Howard it’s doable, but not easy.
Excellent, thank you!
Hi Mike thanks for commenting on my handyman video. Congrads on passing your CFI
MR. FIX-ALL INC. Thank you!
What a great video
Thank you.
Would you recommend cfi Academy ,CA for traning? I am lookking for flight school.
Awesome video thanks
Ariadna Acosta thank you. Hope it helps.
I like you already. Drum set in the background.
Good video!
Mike, I would love to get to know you and spend some one-on-one time over the phone prepping for my CFI CR. How do I reach ya?
Thanks for your insights. I’m a retired military pilot so I didn’t go through the traditional flight school route so forgive me if my question is stupid. During this virus shutdown I’ve started home study for my CFI and keep hearing about building a binder. I get that I’ll need to write lesson plans for each task but I checked the private pilot ACS and there are only 64 tasks (including SES) so why a 600 page binder? What am I missing?
Thank you
Steve Ramsey 600 pages is total overkill. I suggest Powerpoint presentations. They are pretty and you’ll use them in your work. Maybe print the slides and put them in a “binder”. My CFII was a few PowerPoints. The same ones I use today.
Thank you for this!
You’re welcome.
Nice video, appreciate you taking the time to put this together!
600 pages?! mine was less than 50 pages, albeit dumb downed lesson plans. The big thing is being able to explain everything. To create another textbook for yourself isn't necessary as long as you know where to reference the necessary information from the FAA resources (tab everything for quick reference). I will agree however that Runway Incursion avoidance as well as risk management are very big and a special emphasis area. Congrats on passing your checkride, I just passed mine last Friday. Cheers
Diggity88 I agree. My 600 page book is now a paperweight. I only use about 50 pages out of it, if even at all. Now at 550 hours of instruction given.
Thanks Mike! About to take my CFI initial and this really helped! I wish I would have watched this before I went down to American Flyers. How is the instructing going?
Charlie Saloga good so far. Working on my CFII now. Working for L3 Airline Academy in FL. Logging about 100 hours per month.
good video, the last part you say about waking up day of exam and telling yourself your a instructor really hit home, mine is scheduled on the 19th. very excited and thanks for the encouraging video
I have one question why cfi academy says the course duration is three weeks? How true is that vs two years ? Please help
"You know what they say,if you don't know the answer, dazzle them with fancy foot work".
Hey MikeGreat Video and thank you. Im having huge issues with my lesson plans. My instructor knows that I know the info well. However I am struggling since my school has a lot of foreign students and some have never driven a car or used a bicycle. And I am not going as super basic as I can. Any ideas?
John Keith that’s the challenge. For example: Teaching turns around a point have the student walk around a cup on the floor. To simulate wind push them (softly). “See how you’re moving closer to the point?” “What do you have to do?” Push back “how do we do that in an airplane?” Fly into the wind. Shallow the bank, or with allot of wind we crab into the wind. Now when downwind push them on their back. “What do you have to do to remain the same distance from the cup?” Turn steeper.
Wow thank you
K.I.S.S. Is four words, seriously great video.
You going to video tape any of your lessons with students ?
Anthony Kepler there are some issues with that, but I’ll probably do it in the future.
thank you
Congrats Mike. Hey, are you from Morristown, NJ?
Adapa I instruct out of Morristown KMMU
Which flight school are you in? @@110knotscfii
Hello Mike! Congrats on your CFI checkride! I really like your videos. Any chance I can get your email so I can get some more information about your CFI training? Thanks for sharing your experience.
Ronaldo Fernandes mike@110knots.com
I am enjoying your videos. They are quite informative. You may have covered this before, but I am 34 years old and absolutely loathe my current career. I have always loved aviation and should have done this many years ago, but is it too late for me to become a pilot and have a career that I love?
chris k no. Not at all. I’m 40 and I’m going for it.
1. Have your finances set. Don’t run out of money.
2. Go to an accelerated school for everything beyond private.
3. Become a CFI. You’ll learn more as a CFI than any other type of flying.
4. Be prepared to be poor. Like can’t fill the oil tank and trashed credit poor.
5. Enjoy the trip.
Mike Bennett Thanks for that reply. I currently dont have the ability to get loans for a flight school, so I was looking at going to a local airport and I guess I would have to pay for each hour out of pocket, but I absolutely know that I will love being at the controls.
@@chrisk9072 How's it going sir
@@venomsnakeYGBSM going well, thanks for asking. I hope you're well during these crazy times.
@@chrisk9072 yeah sir hopefully you are too sir
😍
Update: I got my AGI.
Wing-rockin' congrats!
Congratulations
Did go to CFI Academy in lodi CA?
Yes.
@@110knotscfii awesome.. that's where I'm doing my training from . Checkride's next week.. who did you do your checkride with?
Their are people who want to win and people who don't want to lose, the latter usually lose.
Never got to use my lesson plans like that. My examiner didn’t even like that I referenced it twice
Cameron Gallagher did he fail you? If so, I’d make a call to the FSDO and request a new DPE. Law of primacy. Teach the right thing FIRST. Memory is error prone, using lesson plans and notes keeps you on topic and limits mistakes.
This is way too much work. You don’t have to know everything to pass the CFI practical and you sure as hell don’t have to have a 600 page binder. My binder was less than 200 pages and was all written by other people. No wonder why it took this guy 2 years whereas others can do it in months or even weeks.
First negative comment. Congratulations. Maybe the DPEs aren’t as strict now that we are hard up for CFIs. I don’t know. All I know is that I’ve seen total trash pilots passing the CFI lately. I’m glad my Examiners demanded high standards. Oh, I was also an architect for a Fortune 500 and started my own contracting company at the same time. So, that’s the two years.