r/CFILounge

Hello all,
I wanted to start off by saying that I recognize that independent instruction requires a lot of work. Lots of advertising, and a bigger focus on quality of instruction. In most cases it seems like a decent monetary investment as well even if I do not buy my own aircraft to use. (I would be looking to use student-owned aircraft to train in)

The main draw to this is that I would like to focus my effort on more personalized instructing, as my flight instructing experience so far has been pretty fast paced and I do not usually have long term students due to the nature of the business.

I am also aware that ATP minimums of 1500 hours is no longer the golden ticket, and I believe I would find a lot of enjoyment in sticking with instructing for longer. I enjoy teaching and think I have the motivation to continue to pursue this specific line of work. I have my gold seal and some of my best memories in aviation so far has been helping my students learn. Yes I would like to progress to larger aircraft eventually, but I want my job now as a CFI to be more meaningful as well.

Is trying to self advertise as an independent CFI too high of a risk considering today’s market? Or would I have a chance if I applied myself enough?

Ok, so I've been flying for 37 years, and now my niece wants to learn. I'm not going to teach her, but I'd like to get her a couple of things....kind of like gifts that are useful and maybe necessary. I'm guessing that you all don't still teach with the old slide rule E6B, but is there something that has replaced it and if so what is that?

I bought her a logbook and a sectional, so I'm just looking to fill the gift bag. I also told her that if she was going to stay with it, I'm in for a nice headset and other stuff. The lessons, of course, are on her dad though 🤣

Thanks for your help!

Hey guys.

We all know people love to hammer these acronyms but IMO they're not really that useful. For mandatory IFR reports, 91.183 only says

-compulsory reporting points when not in radar control (where even is this in the continental us anymore)

- unforecast wx

- safety of flight

And then everything else that people crammed into the long disgusting MARVELOUS acronym comes from the AIM (non-regulatory but best practice, yeah)

Am I really gonna tell ATC that my ETA changed by 3.5 mins? I feel like the rest of it is just common sense. Of course ill notify them when going missed. And same thing for SHARPTT (when not to fly a procedure turn) like all the things are just like WHEN IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO FLY IT.

Please forgive me if you're a fan of these acronyms. I'm just a hater of mindless memorization for the sake of it.

I just completed a FIRC to extend my recency date. I got a new temporary which also had my ‘agent for service’ address on it. Will I get a new plastic cert?