Requirements for FI RENEWAL

[rational rotation]

I have let my FI rating expire due to being out of the industry for a while. Can anyone confirm the renewal requirements please. As far as I am aware it is a case of attending a refresher seminar and passing the FI rating test. Is the rating test the same as the original test, ie 45 min brief and flight test. I take it the brief is just on one of the flight exercises which you then go and teach in the air. Any advice appreciated as I seem to remember having to do 45 minute talks on any topic as part of the original course and wondered if I could be asked to give a talk on any similar aviation topic.

[machonepointone]

You are partly correct in the format of the instructor test. The 45 minute talk does not necessarily have to be on the subject of the airborne exercies. For the flight test itself you can expect to have to give a pre-flight brief on the main exercise followed by the flight which will consist of the exercise you have briefed plus other manoeuvres. Exactly what you will have to do depends to a certain extent on your instructor rating, for example if you are an IRI you will be expected and briefed to do some airborne instruction of applied insrtument flying as werll as the main exercise. At the end of the flight you will be assessed on the debrief you give your "student" and to finish the day off there will be an hour or so of questions to test your overall knowledge. I am not sure off the top of my head, but I think that if you log onto the CAA's website you should be able to download a form known as the F682. It is the form that the FIE uses for his own records and on it you will see exactly what he will be testing you on, including the oral examination subjects.

Hope this helps and all the best with the renewal.

M1.1