Hello Harold: (To: Harold Green, Contributing Editor)
I read your very good article at my local FBO today (LVN), while I was waiting for my student to arrive. At the end of your article, you reviewed the options for Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs) to renew or maintain their certificates.
There is another option that you may not be aware of. According to AC61-91J paragraph 6e 3, if a CFI flies with, and approves, 15 hours of flight activities with at least five (5) different pilots who are enrolled in the FAA Safety Wings program within the previous 24 calendar months, the CFI can be renewed at the local Flight Standards District Office (FSDO).
It’s almost too easy to be true, and strangely quite unknown.
Best regards,
Allen Alwin, CFI
Lakeville, Minnesota
FAA Safety Team Representative
Minneapolis Flight Standards District Office
Allen:
Thanks for the information. Good point! I was not aware of that option. Now all of our readers know about it.
Harold Green, CFII
Morey Airplane Company
Middleton Municipal Airport – Morey Field (C29)
Middleton, Wisconsin