226 CFI Mock Checkride, Flight Portion – Interview with DPE Jason Blair
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🗓️ 28 March 2022
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226 CFI Mock Checkride, Flight Portion – Interview with DPE Jason Blair
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226 Examiner Jason Blair talks about the flight portion of the CFI checkride. The oral portion of the CFI checkride was covered in episode 219. He discusses the high demand for CFIs, what to do between the oral and flight portions of the checkride, the briefing you get before you fly, how to know which maneuvers you'll need to demonstrate, and common errors made on the CFI checkride.
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| 0:00.0 | inappropriate demonstration of knowledge of stalls and how to get out of them is actually something |
| 0:07.1 | that could generate a requirement on a failure to demonstrate spins on your practical test, right? |
| 0:13.8 | You have to have an endorsement that you've had spins training and instructional knowledge of it. |
| 0:19.3 | But if we find there's major deficiencies for somebody on a CFI practical test related to |
| 0:24.3 | stall, stall awareness, and stall recovery, that actually then requires them to come back |
| 0:28.3 | for the retest and demonstrate spins. |
| 0:34.3 | Yeah, that's Jason Blair talking about the CFI check ride. |
| 0:39.2 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student |
| 0:44.1 | pilots to help keep you safe. I'm Max Truscott. I'm the author of several books on the Garmin G-1,000, G-3,000, |
| 0:51.4 | G-5,000, and prospective glass cockpits, and I'm the 2008 National Flight Instructor |
| 0:56.4 | of the year. Today we're talking with Jason Blair about the flight portion of the CFI |
| 1:00.7 | check ride, and if you're thinking, well, that doesn't apply to me, I'm not going to become a |
| 1:05.2 | CFI, you might still find some valuable tips for any check ride you might take. |
| 1:10.1 | Plus, Jason has a number of check ride stories, including how one flight school has increased |
| 1:14.7 | their CFI pass rate by 15 points. |
| 1:17.4 | You just got to love the stories. |
| 1:19.6 | Last week in episode 225, we talked with Paul Bertorelli about Textron's acquisition |
| 1:25.1 | of pipistrol. |
| 1:26.6 | So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out at AviationNewstalk.com |
| 1:30.7 | slash 225. |
| 1:32.5 | And this is a listener-supported show, and we're still ad-free. |
| 1:36.1 | So please join us as a member. |
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