I just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to Backseat Pilot. Your products have been absolutely instrumental in my success as a CFI, CFII, and MEI. With over 1,200 hours of dual given, I can confidently say I wouldn’t be the instructor I am today without your resources. The clarity, structure, and real-world applicability of your tools made a huge difference — not just in my own development, but in how I train and support my students.
I'm proud to say I've earned my Gold Seal, and without a doubt, your materials played a big part in helping me get there.
Honestly, I almost feel guilty that you continue to update and improve your content and still make it available for free. It’s clear you're doing this for the love of aviation and the betterment of instructors everywhere.
Thank you for everything you do — it means more than you know.
I found the Keynote presentations a great start to my CFI preparation. I’m mostly done with the maneuvers and now working on the subject areas.
A couple of comments on the material:
1. Several of the lessons are too verbose or repetitive. For most of the lessons, I found myself condensing the verbiage down to about half the slides without loss of information.
2. The common errors are too cookie cutter. I’ve been prioritizing these based on bolded ones in the FAA docs, and what I find in my POH and Flight Ops Manual.
Overall, glad I bought these to have a starting point.
These products save time through consolidation. Thanks for the help!
I had seen the PTS version for CFI, but the ACS version is WAY better. Easy powerpoint, and used this to pass my CFI checkride. LOVE IT! I bought the whole bundle with CFI, CFII, and MEI. Worth it in the end, for sure!