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Flight Review

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I am currently a B-757 Capt. with a major airline. I have kept my CFI (CFII-MEI) through correspondence and online programs. A friend (recently retired Capt from same major airline) would like me to give him a Flight Review in his C-180. I have not flown light planes since 1984 and never flown a taildragger. Must I be current in SEL or is my currency in a 757 sufficient? Can I give the Flight Review? Naturally I would follow the recommendations of AC 61-98C. Thanks.

I need to make one correction. I have a CFI- SEL, MEL, and CFII also GI-A&I. Sorry for not including that in orig. post.

 

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  1. jeff on Feb 03, 2016

    61.193 outlines the privileges for Flight instructors and 61.195 outlines the limitations on FI certificates. In order to give a flight review in a single engine aircraft, you must have that category and class on both your pilot certificate and FI certificate. So if you only have multi engine on your FI certificate then you can only give a flight review in a ME aircraft.

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  2. Mark Kolber on Feb 03, 2016

    Jeff is correct but in case it doesn’t answer your specific question, I’ll expand a bit.

    In order to give any instruction in a single-engine land airplane, you must have a commercial ASEL pilot certificate rating and an ASE rating on your flight instructor certificate.

    I’m not sure what you mean by “currency.” The only applicable currency for a CFI giving instruction is a current flight review and a medical with current third class privileges, but only if the CFI is going to act as pilot in command on the instructional flight. You said you’ve never flown a taildragger. You can’t act as PIC anyway, so your currency is a non-issue. It will be necessary, however for your friend to have a current flight review and medical so he can act as PIC on the flight.

    The “never have flown a tailgrager” issue is a bit more tricky. From a pure regulatory standpoint, official FAA sources have never clearly said whether a CFI must have a tailwheel endorsement to instruct in a tailwheel (so long as not acting as PIC). But there have been semi-official statements to that effect. I (personally) don’t think the current regs tell us much one way or the other.

    But for the moment, let’s assume the taildragger is OK from a purely regulatory perspective and move on. Practically speaking, I know you trust your friend’s abilities. I make that judgment call whenever a friend asks me to do a flight review in any airplane make/model in which I have little or no experience. But let’s go with a scenario that there is a mishap with that C-180, especially one that involves the landing. You have zero taildragger experience and have not flown a light plane in more than 30 years. How do you answer the obvious FAA question: “what made you think you were qualified to teach in that aircraft?”

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  3. jeff on Feb 03, 2016

    Mark’s answer is onviously much more detailed than I gave. I got the sense from the question that he was asking about doing a flight review in a single engine aircraft when he only has a MEI and CFII. I totally missed the tail dragger aspect. I think Marks’ advice is spot on even if you have an SE on your CFI certificate.

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