How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program)

dunlaf05 · February 23rd, 2007, 11:09

I'm doing the CFI program with ATP and I just got told my initial is next week. I only have 2 flights before that and I don't feel even close to ready. Is it normal to feel like this with their CFI program?

SkyHawg · February 23rd, 2007, 11:32

It's normal. Just keep going over the lesson plans and reviewing systems and the FAR's. You should be fine.

sigpilot · February 23rd, 2007, 12:13

Literally thousands of people before you have done it and you will to. I was in your position just about a year ago and had my doubts but in 14 days I had all three tickets. I've also seen people quit in the middle of it because they doubted themselves, people who would have gotten through it they just stick with it. Keep working hard, study, and be sure to get your rest as well! Goodluck

bap327 · February 23rd, 2007, 12:26

Where are you doing the class? Can you post a gouge when you are done?

Sidious · February 23rd, 2007, 13:34

How long is the CFI program there?

awseft · February 23rd, 2007, 17:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyHawg

It's normal. Just keep going over the lesson plans and reviewing systems and the FAR's. You should be fine.

What about FOI?

CaptainChris87 · February 25th, 2007, 05:37

yes consider yourself lucky for being signed off in the first place. More than half the people who got signed off did not feel ready but all did well with their checkrides, depends where you are I heared VGT used realley good people for examiners.

OU812 · March 1st, 2007, 12:46

So did you pass?!!

N261ND · March 3rd, 2007, 19:49

Thinking about ATPs CFI program. To take the CFI writtens, do you need a write off from a flight instructor that you took ground school, i am a little confused on that. Any answers would be a great helped. Thanks

jump2live · March 3rd, 2007, 20:01

nope. you don't need a sign off to take any of the 3 written exams, unless you failed then you need a sign off to re take the exam.

Good luck to you

dunlaf05 · March 3rd, 2007, 21:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by OU812

So did you pass?!!

My checkride got pushed back due to certain delays. I am still not convinced it's going to work out as many in the CFI class before me have been failing their rides.....

I find myself in a vicious cycle of being concerned one moment and feeling almost over confident another moment. I keep studying and studying---yet I still feel like the examiner will find some small detail to bust me on.

Airdale · March 5th, 2007, 22:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by dunlaf05

My checkride got pushed back due to certain delays. I am still not convinced it's going to work out as many in the CFI class before me have been failing their rides.....

I find myself in a vicious cycle of being concerned one moment and feeling almost over confident another moment. I keep studying and studying---yet I still feel like the examiner will find some small detail to bust me on.

Trust me, anyone who has gone through the program knows exactly how you feel. I was in the same boat. I was such a nervous wreck I literally started writing chapters of the airplane flying handbook on paper and putting them into a 3 ring binder. I was living off of hot pockets and soda, getting up at 6am and going to bed at 11pm. Those 14 days we horrible! But while other guys in the class were crying about how they weren't going to pass and watching TV all night, I was studying and hand writing book outlines, study guides and lesson plans. I was one of two guys who actually passed on the first try in our class of 7.

Just relax, immerse yourself into your studies. They tell you what to study, and it seems like a lot - it is! But you can do it. And the night before the checkride, get LOTS of sleep. I slept almost the whole day before and had the best checkride I've ever taken. Goodluck! You'll do fine.

Fly_Unity · March 5th, 2007, 22:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by dunlaf05

My checkride got pushed back due to certain delays. I am still not convinced it's going to work out as many in the CFI class before me have been failing their rides.....

I find myself in a vicious cycle of being concerned one moment and feeling almost over confident another moment. I keep studying and studying---yet I still feel like the examiner will find some small detail to bust me on.

I had that cycle for almost 2 months, Its horrible lol, just dont give up and if you bust its no big deal, My examiner couldve busted me on so many topics, I really struggeled on the oral, but didnt bust, the flight was pretty easy

February 23rd, 2007, 11:09	#1
dunlaf05 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 20	How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) I'm doing the CFI program with ATP and I just got told my initial is next week. I only have 2 flights before that and I don't feel even close to ready. Is it normal to feel like this with their CFI program?

February 23rd, 2007, 11:32	#2
SkyHawg Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 570	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) It's normal. Just keep going over the lesson plans and reviewing systems and the FAR's. You should be fine. __________________ I don't mind coming to work, but that eight hour wait to go home is a bitch. CFI.CFII.MEI. 1200TT 400ME.

February 23rd, 2007, 12:13	#3
sigpilot Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northeast Posts: 312	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) Literally thousands of people before you have done it and you will to. I was in your position just about a year ago and had my doubts but in 14 days I had all three tickets. I've also seen people quit in the middle of it because they doubted themselves, people who would have gotten through it they just stick with it. Keep working hard, study, and be sure to get your rest as well! Goodluck

February 23rd, 2007, 12:26	#4
bap327 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: BOSTON Posts: 459	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) Where are you doing the class? Can you post a gouge when you are done? __________________ Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been , and there you will always long to return. - Leonardo da Vinci

February 23rd, 2007, 13:34	#5
Sidious Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Titusville Posts: 471	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) How long is the CFI program there?

February 25th, 2007, 05:37	#7
CaptainChris87 Old Skool Join Date: May 2004 Location: O.C. Posts: 1,780	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) yes consider yourself lucky for being signed off in the first place. More than half the people who got signed off did not feel ready but all did well with their checkrides, depends where you are I heared VGT used realley good people for examiners. __________________ -CP/MEL-IR;AGI -Former Airline Intern,Sightseeing tours pilot -A.A.:Trasnfer Studies. Cal-State Fullerton: Finance/Entrepreneurship -Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity.-Pledge/Sigma President Last edited by CaptainChris87; February 25th, 2007 at 06:01.

March 1st, 2007, 12:46	#8
OU812 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 38	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) So did you pass?!!

March 3rd, 2007, 19:49	#9
N261ND Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: EYW Posts: 45	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) Thinking about ATPs CFI program. To take the CFI writtens, do you need a write off from a flight instructor that you took ground school, i am a little confused on that. Any answers would be a great helped. Thanks

March 3rd, 2007, 20:01	#10
jump2live Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 29	Re: How do they do it?!?!? (CFI program) nope. you don't need a sign off to take any of the 3 written exams, unless you failed then you need a sign off to re take the exam. Good luck to you

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