Hello aviators
It’s been almost 10 years that I did my last class 4 renewal flight test and I have another one coming real soon as I’m renewing it again.
Any tips ? Do they come down hard on you? Typical scenarios that they’ll throw at me?
Any tips or advice would be appreciated.
Fly safe
Flight Instructor Flight Test Tips
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Re: Flight Instructor Flight Test Tips
There should be a flight test guide you can go over that outlines everything.
I've done the class 4 test and 2 of the class 2 flight tests in the past, but my recollection may be a bit murky. My Class 2 lapsed 6 years ago. It's pretty straight forward, they will pretend to be a student and they'll present you with a scenario of where they left off on their previous lesson and you are to go over the outline in the FIG to determine that they need to learn next. Don't forget to do a brief review of their previous lesson's content, and to to a threshold knowledge test to see if they're prepared for the lesson you'll be briefing. You'll go over a ground briefing and then they'll get you to teach it in the airplane. Once you go over the part of the lesson you briefed in the air, they'll probably throw another thing at you randomly they want you to demonstrate and finish with a forced approach. That's what I recall. Big thing I remember was to keep your lesson at the realistic level the student would be at. Remember that you are a proficient flier and so is the examiner, but pretend they are not and teach likewise. Keep demonstrations simple and at the realistic level you'd imagine a student to be at (example, don't do a wild and crazy unusual attitude on a basic PPL student!). Also remember that if their "practice" goes way beyond what you would expect to be a reasonable effort, taking control from the examiner to demonstrate again is expected. Don't try too much to "talk-through" someone's crazy steep turn that goes off the rails... just take control, recover, explain what went wrong, and demonstrate it correctly again.
Best of luck. I'm sure you'll do fine.
I've done the class 4 test and 2 of the class 2 flight tests in the past, but my recollection may be a bit murky. My Class 2 lapsed 6 years ago. It's pretty straight forward, they will pretend to be a student and they'll present you with a scenario of where they left off on their previous lesson and you are to go over the outline in the FIG to determine that they need to learn next. Don't forget to do a brief review of their previous lesson's content, and to to a threshold knowledge test to see if they're prepared for the lesson you'll be briefing. You'll go over a ground briefing and then they'll get you to teach it in the airplane. Once you go over the part of the lesson you briefed in the air, they'll probably throw another thing at you randomly they want you to demonstrate and finish with a forced approach. That's what I recall. Big thing I remember was to keep your lesson at the realistic level the student would be at. Remember that you are a proficient flier and so is the examiner, but pretend they are not and teach likewise. Keep demonstrations simple and at the realistic level you'd imagine a student to be at (example, don't do a wild and crazy unusual attitude on a basic PPL student!). Also remember that if their "practice" goes way beyond what you would expect to be a reasonable effort, taking control from the examiner to demonstrate again is expected. Don't try too much to "talk-through" someone's crazy steep turn that goes off the rails... just take control, recover, explain what went wrong, and demonstrate it correctly again.
Best of luck. I'm sure you'll do fine.
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Re: Flight Instructor Flight Test Tips
A pet peeve of my examiner was the use of multiple whiteboards. One with the overview of the session, one to teach and possibly a printed out summary to hand to the student.
Not that it was required (I passed without it), but it was a strong suggestion.
Not that it was required (I passed without it), but it was a strong suggestion.
As an AvCanada discussion grows longer:
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
Re: Flight Instructor Flight Test Tips
My examiner wanted more critiquing and scolding. On take-off he didn't advance the throttle all the way, I caught it and told him to advance the throttle all the way. During climb out I told him that it was important and that we could discuss it in debrief. The examiner said I should have made a bigger deal of the issue and scolded the "student". I argued, if it was the first offence then a verbal warning and an explanation are better teaching tools.
Anyway, make sure you are on the lookout for mistakes, that you classify them correctly and that you communicate this with the examiner.
Anyway, make sure you are on the lookout for mistakes, that you classify them correctly and that you communicate this with the examiner.
