I do this every two years....
Jan. 13th, 2009 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
recalcitranttoyEvery two years I forget that I have to renew my CFI (Certificated Flight Instructor) certification. Why I bother these days given that I haven't flown in ages is a damn good question. However, it was so damn difficult to get the certification in the first place that I'd be an idiot to just let it go. And there is always the chance that I someday get off my sorry behind and actually fly an airplane again.
So, how do you renew your CFI? You take a series of tests that mean you remember which end of the airplane has the cuisinart and whether you push or pull to make the houses get bigger. And this lovely test yells at you if you do it too quickly and implies you "aren't taking the questions seriously." Well what if you just KNOW THE ANSWER? Here's an example of one of the questions:
Well if you just KNOW that a 60 degree bank causes you to pull G's and start to stall and the pilot rolls out of her seat in a right bank and tries to crash out the right side window, you kinda KNOW that it's a bad idea to do that in a non aerobatic airplane without a PARACHUTE, eh? How much THOUGHT does that actually take? Oh, I don't know...NOT MUCH?
Heh...in any case, that's what I'll be trying to do over the next week along with all the other stuff I have to do. Ever so happy.
So, how do you renew your CFI? You take a series of tests that mean you remember which end of the airplane has the cuisinart and whether you push or pull to make the houses get bigger. And this lovely test yells at you if you do it too quickly and implies you "aren't taking the questions seriously." Well what if you just KNOW THE ANSWER? Here's an example of one of the questions:
True or False
A steep turn in which the bank angle is more than 60 degrees is a permissible maneuver for a normal category airplane.
Well if you just KNOW that a 60 degree bank causes you to pull G's and start to stall and the pilot rolls out of her seat in a right bank and tries to crash out the right side window, you kinda KNOW that it's a bad idea to do that in a non aerobatic airplane without a PARACHUTE, eh? How much THOUGHT does that actually take? Oh, I don't know...NOT MUCH?
Heh...in any case, that's what I'll be trying to do over the next week along with all the other stuff I have to do. Ever so happy.
