Your Instructor rating is valid for 3 years from the date that it last expired. You can renew the rating by meeting any two of the following criteria.
1) 100 hours of instruction in the last 3 years (30 in the last 12 months)
2) Attend a Flight Instructor seminar
3) Flight test with an FI Examiner
Not surprisingly I think the first two are the most popular. The seminar's are a bit pricey and depending where you live you could have a lot of travelling to do so the flight test may be the better option.
This applies if you have a JAA rating. It may be differant for a CAA FI 17 December 2001: Message edited by: Buster Gonad ]
[ 17 December 2001: Message edited by: Buster Gonad ]