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Expired CFI-H, not interesting in instructing helicopters anymore.

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Hello all.  I have a rather complicated question.  I visit this site regularly, and have decided to write my first post.  I hold a CFI-H and CFII-H that expired in 2013.  I was stationed in Germany and further deployed to Afghanistan when it expired (I'm still an active RW Standardization IP and Instrument Examiner).  Excuses aside, I am interested in getting my ASEL CFII.  Do I have to get current in whirly-birds on the CFI card in order to add airplanes?  I really have no interest in ever instructing helicopters on the outside, and know that the helicopter checkout is VERY expensive.  I truly look forward to hearing from all of you experts on this site.  Thanks in advance for your advice!

Cheers,  Andy

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Nov 28, 2018

    First of all, see 61.199(a)(3). You say that you are currently a military IP. If you have documentation of a proficiency check in the last 6 months, you can reinstate your flight instructor certificate.

    It will also be reinstated if you take the Instrument Airplane practical test.

    The rating is Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane (there is no single or multi designation). You will not be able to teach instruments in a multiengine airplane unless you have an Airplane Multiengine rating on your Pilot and Flight Instructor certificates.

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  2. KDS on Nov 29, 2018

    Kris said the CFI would be reinstated if you take the Instrument Airplane practical test. Just to ensure you don’t misread what he intended, that is the Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane test. Any new rating on your CFI will reinstate the CFI.

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