US FAA endorsements
 

Hello,

there must be a number of US CFIs operating outside the US and we all do BFRs etc. Interesting question arose recently in my neck of the woods.

To add a 'high performance' (> 200 hp) endorsement to an FAA licence holder, must you be an FAA authorised CFI or can any 'authorized' instructor put the sign-off in the log book, e.g.
a UK instructor?

The FAA regs. (61.31) refer to an 'authorised instructor', which, of course we all are, but under our own jurisdictions.

Interested to hear from anyone.

regs,
Andrew

61.3 Requirement for certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
[...]

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (d)(3) of this section, no person other than the holder of a flight instructor certificate issued under this part with the appropriate rating on that certificate may --

[...]
(ii) Endorse an applicant for a --

(A) Pilot certificate or rating issued under this part;

[...]

§ 61.41 Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.

(a) A person may credit flight training toward the requirements of a pilot certificate or rating issued under this part, if that person received the training from:
[...]

(2) A flight instructor who is authorized to give such training by the licensing authority of a foreign contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, and the flight training is given outside the United States.

(b) A flight instructor described in paragraph (a) of this section is only authorized to give endorsements to show training given.



In other words: foreign flight instructors can give you training time, but not endorse you in any way for anything...

regards

Patrick