1 Week till CFI Checkride

[stickfiguredanny]

So I am working as little as possible. Studying and flying as much as possible. Sleeping if i can. Any advice?

[bdhill1979]

Relax

Seriously

Study hard, but you got to decompress from time to time. For me it is about a 1 to 3 ratio. For every three hours of studying I need one to go do something else. For me it helps me reset my brain and I get much better quality studying done that way, rather than reaching that point where I just read a page and can't remember one thing from it. Everybody is different though.

[MikeOH58]

Relax is the best advice anyone could give....Second best would be don't second guess what you already know. The ride is tough, but not as bad as you you expect it to be.

[Stomp16]

Get out the PTS and study over what's in there. That's what they're (obviously) going to ask you about. A lot of people I know have freaked out and thought it was to much to study EVERYTHING and then got discouraged. If you break it down into Area of Operation I, II, III etc., it helps. Write everything out as your studying and also say it out loud. That'll help plant it in your brain.

As for the FOI, hit it hard. The only way I got through it was to read it about 100 times. It's no fun, but definately good information to know so that you can become a quality instructor.

Also, as mentioned before, take breaks. To much studying will make everything mush together and harder to remember. Get a six pack, turn on some music and start reading!!!

Most importantly............RELAX!!! You'll be fine. The Feds aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be.......

[Maurus]

Take every book and notes you can find with you. No reason to not have at least as many FAA publications with you to either back up your answer, or to look up an answer. If you don't know an answer just say "the answer slipped from my mind, let me look it up" or something like that. When I said that on my initial ride, the examiner was thrilled. He was thrilled mostly because of how he used to find the answer with his first students. He called his friend.

The examiner doesn't expect you to know everything, but he/she does expect you to know where you can find the information. At least I hope you don't get an examiner that expects you to know everything.

Study the PTS, that is including everything in the front of the PTS. Know the special emphasis areas. Just remember, the PTS can help you more than it helps the examiner. If they ask you something crazy like, "how is a VOR built and operated" and it isn't in the PTS, they can't fail you. If they do, get you instructor ASAP and he will work with him to continue your check ride.

Also where are you taking your CFI ride?

Originally Posted by Stomp16

Most importantly............RELAX!!! You'll be fine. The Feds aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be.......

Some can be worse. There are some feds that just pick up the POH of the aircraft you are flying and just start on Page 1 asking you questions such as wingspan length and such. Although rare, it does happen.

[surreal1221]

Yes, relax.

Read the gouges that are available in the checkride writeup section.

Stop studying two days prior. If you don't know a topic by then, you're not going to learn it in <48 hours to PTS standards.

[Stomp16]

How's the studying coming along?

[Codyjp]

study the basics. most people get so caught up on the complex stuff that they overlook the simple stuff.

Read the PTS's (pvt, Comm. IFR, MEI as appropriate for the initial you are doing) and know them down flat.

The examiner I went with busted a guy for not being able to teach strait and level. The applicant could teach a lazy eight with his eyes closed but not strait and level. KISS. Keep it simple stupid!

Good luck and have fun!