Class Rating Instructor..
After 25 years of PPL'ing and with a BCPL in my back pocket, I've taken the first step down the road, by going for the Class Rating Instructor. 25 hours ground school and 3 hours flying, did the test yesterday morning in pretty awful wx (howling xwind, just to demonstrate the skills!) The whole thing's cost me £1,500, can't charge a bean for instructing, though.
So, now I can checkout PPLs and do their 2nd-year Instructor flight. Big deal, you might say! If it works out and I have the dosh/time in the Spring, I'll do the FI course.
So, what's the point of the CRI? Well, I feel better equipped now to do club checkouts and it's reassured me about my personal flying, too.
I'm at the other end of the telescope from Jinkster, being 57 and facing probable redundancy next year, so I'm in it for the personal satisfaction and another layer of aviation activity. The only big IF, for me, is 'can I get a Class 1 medical'? Time will tell...
The Odd One