FAA commercial maneuvers clarification needed please

[Genghis the Engineer]

You're not up for adding ground attack manoeuvres with a 50cal MG Into the syllabus then Jock?

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[mad_jock]

Nah

Couple of circuits with all the instrument's covered I would be in favour of though.

[ahwalk01]

FOI is straightforward though alien to most unless you've been teaching previously. A common weak area for CFI initials so be sure to have it down.

[piperboy84]

A common weak area for CFI initials so be sure to have it down.

Yes I have to understand it thoroughly, especially for the oral, the issue I have with it is that even though it is an outline on how people learn and teaching methods there is ironically not a roadmap or logical way to study the subject, or at least i have not found one, in other areas of study for the CFII there is logical introductions and a flow to learning the subject with FOI I find myself all over the place.

Nothing else for it than re-reading it for the umpteenth time and see if a light bulb goes on.

[ahwalk01]

Agreed, usually a list of acronyms, have you looked at the ASA Oral Exam Guide, usually the phrasing the questions helps link the alphabet soup together

[banjodrone]

My own view is that no one has any business being an instructor unless it's something they really want to do. That doesn't mean it should be their ultimate goal or anything but they have to have that mindset where's there's nothing that gives them a buzz more than seeing their student pull off their first 3 solo circuits. I'd hazard a guess that maybe at most, 3 in 10 people actually have the desire and maybe 1 in 10 have all the qualities that make a really good instructor. Of course you can teach people how to do it and with enough experience they'll get there but natural instructors are like gold.

[mad_jock]

I fully agree with that mate.

To be honest i don't think the fic teaches them anything either.