Thanks Minus273, the above post is great, very clear and concise.
Just a little word about the cross country requirements for the FAA IR. You will need 50 hours of cross country time which in the FAA definition is a flight landing at an airfield at least 50nm away from the departure airfield.
Please do not under estimate the oral portion of the checkrides. People have failed the oral portion and this is even before you get to go flying!
The CFI checkride national first time pass rate is around 20% or so and most people fail on the oral portion which is has around a five to six hour duration, certainly is where I'll be taking my CFI/CFII/MEI ratings in a year or two.
Best wishes,
Charlie Zulu.
Last edited by Charlie Zulu; 16th Jul 2004 at 07:57.