CFII case studies
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The Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII) rating is the add-on that lets an existing flight instructor teach instrument flight: attitude instrument flying, holding and approach procedures, IFR clearances, navigation systems, and the judgment that keeps pilots alive in the clouds. It is for CFIs who want to train instrument applicants, conduct instrument proficiency checks within the scope of their privileges, and sign off the training required for the instrument rating. The CFII case studies are 5 cases and about 4,111 words.
1The Fixated Student
You are a CFII on the third instrument lesson with a private pilot who has 48 total hours, 6.4 hours of simulated instrument time, and a checkride booked in three weeks. Today's plan is localizer tracking with constant-rate turns.
730 words, about 4 min2The Currency Shortcut
A commercial pilot with an airplane instrument rating asks you for an instrument proficiency check. His last actual IFR flight was eight months ago.
796 words, about 4 min3Ceilings Are 1,500
You are planning a night IFR flight: 2.4 hours en route at 110 KTAS and 10 gallons per hour, 48 gallons usable. Empty weight is 1,660 pounds, maximum gross 2,550.
831 words, about 4 min4Maintain Four Thousand
Your client is flying, you are the CFII. Departure clears you: "Climb and maintain 6,000, turn left heading 270, vectors for the ILS runway 22, maintain 6,000 until established on the localizer, cleared ILS runway 22 approach." Your client reads back, "Left 270, maintain 4,000 until established, cleared ILS runway 22." The controller replies, "Roger." The published glideslope intercept altitude is 4,600 feet.
864 words, about 4 min5The Downgrade
Your client is flying the RNAV (GPS) runway 14 approach into an airport with field elevation 1,040 feet. You briefed the LPV line: decision altitude 1,240, visibility one-half mile.
890 words, about 4 min