Can an AFI do the SEP Revalidation flight?

[v1rotate]

Just wondering whether an Assitant Flying Instructor can do the SEP Land revalidation flight or does it have to be a QFI or someone "approved" by the CAA blah blah blah....

I need to revalidate my SEP and was wondering if a friend of mine who is an AFI could do it? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

[Noggin]

Firstly, what do you mean by a revalidation flight? Revalidation means the rating has not expired so presumably you mean, the 1 hour Dual instruction flight with an Instructor. Yes an AFI can do it, he is an instructor.

If however you mean can an AFI do a proficiency check for licence revalidation, then the answer is No it must be an examiner because it is a test.

[BEagle]

.......and you won't need a QFI to do either type of flight as 'QFI' is purely a military term!

FI(R) = Flight Instructor (Restricted). .FI = Flight Instructor. .FE = Flight Examiner. .QFI = Military Qualified Flying Instructor who has graduated from the Central Flying School.

[ 25 January 2002: Message edited by: BEagle ]</p>

[v1rotate]

Thanks for both your replies, to answer Noggins reply, my SEP has not expired so I take it that I have to do at least an hours worth of flying with an Instructor provided all the other criteria has been met.

Thanks BEagle for the terms, I wasn't sure whther or not there was a difference between a QFI or AFI etc.

Thanks once again for both you replies.

[BEagle]

Note also that the '1 hr flight with an instructor' can be replaced by any routine flight test for any other JAR/FCL licence or rating - or an IMC Rating test. So if you have a JAR/FCL CPL with ATPL theory credit upon which you also have a UK IMC rating, the revalidation flight for the IMC Rating will count if, it's in the second 12 month period.