Originally Posted by
G_STRING
Where can you go to undertake a CRI (Class Rating Instructor) course? Sounds a good concept
Regards
I did mine at Denham. I was a bit of a guinea pig as they hadn't done one before; niether had the examiner. There are 3 hours flying and 25 hours groundschool to do, then a test. We started off with the human factors 'learning style' stuff, then picked bits out of the FI course that would be especially relevant for helping post PPLs who are a bit rusty. We moved on to construction of lesson plans and practicing giving long briefings. The flying was 3 sorties, stalling, PFLs and circuits. The last was the most challenging and probably the most important. I did a bit of practice on a fellow club-member prior to the test, mainly to get more competent in the right seat.
The test itself followed the format that you might expect with someone who had learned on a Cessna but never flown a PA28: a long briefing on the differences between the types, then out to the training area. Demonstrate recovery from the base-final stall and the full-flap final stall, then a PFL (with a reminder about whose licence is at stake if you get below 500'!), an EFATO then back into the circuit. There was a real xwind at the 'full 17kt' for the PA28 so that was pretty interesting! Then a de-brief. There were some obvious howlers that I failed to spot that I like to think I'd catch in a real situation.
It was good fun and made me think a lot about stuff I didn't even think I still knew ( a long brief on earth and space gyros made my head hurt!) I can also now draw a diagram of all the various classes of airspace and VFR privileges in each. You can read up on the requirements for the rating and its privileges in LASORS, free on-line.
Cheers,
TheOddOne