For Instructors, Examiners and Applicants
The FAA has released new Practical Test Standards (PTS) for the Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) (September 2010).
Among the changes, new tasks have been added including awareness of
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), runway incursion avoidance
procedures, carburetor fire hazards, course of action if selected
touchdown point is going to be missed, accelerated stalls, and emergency
descents.
Practical Test Standards are used by instructors, students,
and examiners to prepare for, review, take, or issue the checkride. They
list the knowledge and experience prerequisites, the levels of skill
that must be demonstrated, and describe background study and reference
materials.
ASA reprints the most current FAA Practical Test Standards in this
series of handy cockpit-sized guides. Every PTS is written by the FAA
and details the type and levels of skill and knowledge that must be
demonstrated before an examiner can issue a certificate or rating to an
applicant. Soft cover, 5-1/4” x 8-1/4”, 112 pages.