Hi Folks,

I'm wondering if anyone has done the pilottraining.ca Instructor Ground School. If so, would they recommend it ? I'm going to be also working with the Class I, but I wanted some extra material to go over so that I can really get a grasp of the knowledge involved. He's not familiar with the course, but said that it likely wouldnt hurt.

Thanks,

justwanttofly

The majority of the FI GS is learning to teach ground lessons to your class 1. This cannot be done online (unless you Skype and have a ppt pres or whatever).

However, the stuff that you can study on line or by yourself is the CPL stuff (aerodynamics, etc), flight test standards, CAR's, etc.

I didn't use an online course but one book I found extremely helpful was Instructor Prep by Dale Neilsen. It's written really simply and has lots of good (applicable) information in one place.

I just used it. I did the ground school in person with my instructor as well. the online one is geared more toward the written test which I passed, while the training in person is more teaching the PGI. It was helpful for preparing for the written which is a lot different then the other tests you would have done, but I wouldn't think it would be a poor substitute for the in person ground school.
So for what you are describing I would recommend it, it worked for me.