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Prep

Your work is complete! Lessons & PowerPoints for each task in the CFI & MEI ACS and CFII PTS. Edit and tailor the content as desired or go straight to work preparing for your checkrides.

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Go to your instructor checkrides prepared and confident with your personally tailored CFI, CFII & MEI lessons and PowerPoints.

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Combine your tailored lessons & PowerPoints with our detailed Syllabi & ACS Reviews and get to work instructing Private, Instrument & Commercial students.

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Don't want to be stuck with someone else's teaching style and notes? Neither do we. With Word & PowerPoint files, Pages & Keynote files & PDFs you can tailor the content to fit YOUR needs.

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Lessons & PowerPoints

A complete and detailed lesson & PowerPoint for every task in the CFI & MEI ACS and CFII PTS. Our CFI, CFII & MEI lessons are exactly what you need for your Instructor checkrides AND to teach future students.

Edit and tailor the lessons & slides to your teaching style or drop them on a tablet and go straight to work instructing!

Consistent FREE updates and improvements (as with all of our content).

Best For:

  • Instructor checkrides
  • Teaching students

Document Types:

  • PC: Word & PowerPoint
  • Mac: Pages & Keynote
  • PDFs

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ACS Reviews

Our ACS Reviews cover the Knowledge and Risk Management sections of every task in the FAA's Private, Instrument and Commercial ACS.

Thorough and organized, they're great for instructors and students alike. Instructors, supplement your CFI, CFII & MEI lessons to ensure your student is prepared for their ACS based checkride. Students, use our ACS Reviews as a study guide to help prep for your checkride! Delivered as Word documents & PDFs.

As always, updates are included and, of course, FREE.

Best For:

  • Reviewing ACS specific material with students
  • Studying for ACS based checkrides

Document Types:

  • PC: Word
  • Mac: Pages
  • PDFs

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Syllabi

Take our Lessons, PowerPoints, and ACS Reviews and combine them with our Private, Instrument & Commercial single-engine syllabi for a one stop CFI shop!

Our syllabi provide a detailed breakdown of every ground and flight lesson, including the Lessons and slides to teach from, student review topics, planned ground topics, aircraft maneuvers, and more! On top of this you'll find detailed hourly breakdowns, the applicable FAR requirements, as well as student trackers to monitor progress through each course.

Updates are FREE, as expected.

Best For:

  • Detailed structure to teach Private, Instrument & Commercial students
  • Tying the Lessons, PowerPoints & ACS Reviews together

Document Types:

  • PC: Word & Excel
  • Mac: Pages & Numbers
  • PDFs

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The Whole Shebang
Our most popular product. Designed for the current or aspiring CFI. Your "one stop CFI shop," setting you up for success on your checkride & in your instructing career. And we throw in our IFR/VFR reference card free!

Prep & Check for: CFI, CFII & MEI Checkrides
Teach: Private, Instrument & Commercial students

CFI Pack
A lite version of The Whole Shebang. Excludes our ACS Reviews & IFR/VFR reference card.

ACS Review Pack
Save with the full set of our ACS Review documents. Great for a student, or pairs great with our Instructor Lessons, PowerPoints & Syllabi!

The Whole Shebang
The Whole Shebang Sale price$ 175.00
CFI Lesson Pack
CFI Lesson Pack Sale price$ 149.00
ACS Review Pack
ACS Review Pack Sale price$ 65.00
The Whole Shebang
The Whole Shebang Sale price$ 175.00
CFI Lesson Pack
CFI Lesson Pack Sale price$ 149.00
ACS Review Pack
ACS Review Pack Sale price$ 65.00
CFI Lessons & PowerPoints

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Yes

CFII Lessons & PowerPoints

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Yes

MEI Lessons & PowerPoints

Yes

Yes

Private Syllabus

Yes

Yes

Instrument Syllabus

Yes

Yes

Commercial Syllabus

Yes

Yes

Private ACS Review

Yes

Yes

Instrument ACS Review

Yes

Yes

Commercial ACS Review

Yes

Yes

IFR/VFR Reference Card

Yes

Holds Reference Card

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Probably one of the most comprehensive and articulate, straightforward lesson plan sets out there.

Alec

The best money I ever spent. I love having all the information on just a couple documents with easy access to everything.

Austen

Any CFI or aspiring CFI will benefit from this outstanding work.

Adam

CFI, CFII and MEI Content & ACS Reviews

Individual Products

Don't need an entire package? Get only what you need with our individual products.

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CFI Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your CFI Checkride
  • Teaching SE Private & Commercial Students

Includes:

  • CFI Lessons & PowerPoints
  • Private & Commercial Syllabi
02

CFII Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your CFII Checkride
  • Teaching Instrument Students

Includes:

  • CFII Lessons & PowerPoints
  • Instrument Syllabus
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MEI Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your MEI Checkride
  • Teaching ME Private & Commercial students

Includes:

  • MEI Lessons & PowerPoints
  • Syllabus to be released at a later date
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MEI Add-On Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your MEI Add-On checkride
  • Teaching multi-engine specific topics

Just the lessons specific to the MEI Add-On checkride. Skip the lessons you've already been tested on.

  • Syllabus to be released at a later date
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Questions?

Not sure what's right for you? We'd be happy to clear up any questions. Send an email to info@thebackseatpilot.com (or use our Contact Form) and we'll get back to you!

01

CFI Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your CFI Checkride
  • Teaching SE Private & Commercial Students

Includes:

  • CFI Lessons & PowerPoints
  • Private & Commercial Syllabi
02

CFII Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your CFII Checkride
  • Teaching Instrument Students

Includes:

  • CFII Lessons & PowerPoints
  • Instrument Syllabus
03

MEI Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your MEI Checkride
  • Teaching ME Private & Commercial students

Includes:

  • MEI Lessons & PowerPoints
  • Syllabus to be released at a later date
04

MEI Add-On Lesson Plans

Designed for:

  • Your MEI Add-On checkride
  • Teaching multi-engine specific topics

Just the lessons specific to the MEI Add-On checkride. Skip the lessons you've already been tested on.

  • Syllabus to be released at a later date
05

Questions?

Not sure what's right for you? We'd be happy to clear up any questions. Send an email to info@thebackseatpilot.com (or use our Contact Form) and we'll get back to you!

The CFI lesson plans are an amazing tool!! These have been an amazing template and tool to help me build my own lesson plans. If you’re on the fence about it, I highly suggest taking advantage of these!!

Connor

I looked literally everywhere for CFII lesson plans but these were the best ones I could get... Would recommend 10/10!

Evaishka

The documents are phenomenal… If you are someone who is looking to start building your own lesson plans, this is the perfect product to guide you from start to finish...

Noah

Reference Cards

Physical Products (not downloads)

IFR / VFR

We tirelessly scoured the FAR/AIM and picked the brains of flight instructors and students in order to establish the most critical, difficult to retain, and useful information for any pilot to have on hand at any time, and compiled this information into a simple, organized, and attractive reference card.

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Holds

Holds are tough, and we want to make them easier. That's why we created a reference card dedicated to Holding. Have quick access to drawing holds, hold entry procedures, speeds, wind correction, and more!

Whether you're learning, teaching, or flying Holds, our Holds reference card will make your holds easier!

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Very nicely made with key information on both VFR and IFR. Will be my go to card in the cockpit. Great customer service as well.

Danny

These make perfect gifts for newer or rusty IFR and/or VFR students.

Dana

This card is great to keep on your knee board. Whether you struggle with remembering light gun signals or cloud clearance requirements, it has everything you need to stay safe and legal when you fly.

Jamie

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