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Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges: FAA Flight Instructor Instrument, Airplane written (test code FII) topic guide

Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges carries 20% of the FAA Flight Instructor Instrument, Airplane written (test code FII) blueprint used in this course, the largest of its 8 weighted areas. It spans 10 concepts. The course teaches it in 1 study unit: Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges.

What Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges covers

  • Instrument currency under 14 CFR 61.57(c)(1) — 14 CFR 61.57(c)(1) verbatim (eCFR)
  • Restoring lapsed instrument currency under 14 CFR 61.57(d) — 14 CFR 61.57(d)(1)
  • IPC contents: — 14 CFR 61.57(d)(1) + FAA-S-ACS-8C appendix
  • Who may give an IPC (61.57(d)(3)): — 14 CFR 61.57(d)(3)(i)-(v)
  • CFII logging gold (61.51(g)(2)) verbatim: — 14 CFR 61.51(g)(2)
  • Logging currency approaches (61.51(g)(3)): — 14 CFR 61.51(g)(3)
  • 61.195(c) instrument-training privilege: — 14 CFR 61.195(c), (c)(2)
  • What the CFII signs students for — 14 CFR 61.65(d) verbatim (eCFR)
  • The IRA knowledge-test endorsement the CFII gives: — 14 CFR 61.65(a) + matrix p.11
  • Knowledge-test validity math (drill shape): — 14 CFR 61.39(a)(1)(i)

Common mistakes in Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges

  • a CFII logs instrument time whenever the student is under the hood (only in ACTUAL — 61.51(g)(2))
  • an IPC restores currency any time you're a bit stale (currency self-restores within the window; IPC is for >6-months lapsed)
  • any CFI can teach instrument (61.195(c) requires the instrument-instructor rating on the CFI certificate)
  • the 3 hours of pre-checkride instrument training may be any time (within 2 calendar months, 61.65(d)(2)(i))

Key terms for Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges

IPC · instrument currency · actual vs simulated instrument · safety pilot · instrument-airplane experience (61.65(d))

How Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges connects to other areas

Official references for Instructor Overlay: Currency, IPC, Logging, Privileges

  • 14 CFR 61.57(c)(1) verbatim (eCFR)
  • 14 CFR 61.57(c)(2)
  • 14 CFR 61.57(d)(1)
  • 14 CFR 61.57(d)(1) + FAA-S-ACS-8C appendix
  • 14 CFR 61.57(d)(3)(i)-(v)
  • 14 CFR 61.51(g)(2)
  • 14 CFR 61.51(g)(3)
  • 14 CFR 61.195(c), (c)(2)
  • 14 CFR 61.65(d) verbatim (eCFR)
  • 14 CFR 61.65(a) + matrix p.11
  • 14 CFR 61.39(a)(1)(i)

In the app this area comes with 11 memory cards and 11 module-quiz questions in the full course.

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