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Your Ultimate Flight Instructor Resource
Are you an aspiring or current Flight Instructor aiming to excel in your checkrides and provide top-notch instruction to your students? Look no further than Backseat Pilot - your comprehensive CFI solution.
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How it Works
1. Prep
Save weeks, if not months, writing lessons for your checkrides with our ready-to-use lesson plans and slide decks covering every single CFI, MEI, & CFI-I ACS and PTS task. Tailor them to your needs (or use them as-is) and start practicing teaching!
View sample CFI lessons & slides:
- II.A. Human Factors Lesson / Slides
- VI.B. Traffic Patterns / Slides
2. Check
Go to your instructor checkrides confident with personally tailored lessons & slide decks designed for YOUR success.
Aviation Instructor's Handbook, pg. 7-9:
"Commercially developed lesson plans are acceptable for most training situations, including use by flight instructor applicants during their practical tests..."
3. Teach
Take your tailored lessons & slide decks and seamlessly transition to instructing future pilots with detailed syllabi, ACS Reviews, and our adaptable resources.
Already have your ratings? Skip steps 1 & 2 and start using our materials to elevate your teaching!
Keep moving forward with our constantly updated, improving, and growing content!
Sample Syllabus Content:
- Private Pilot GND Lesson 5
- Commercial Pilot FLT Lesson 7
FEATURED PRODUCT
THE WHOLE SHEBANG
Our Most Popular Offering & Biggest Savings! The Whole Shebang includes:
- All CFI, CFI-I, & MEI Lesson Plans & Slides
- All Private, Instrument, and Commercial ACS Reviews
- All Private, Instrument, & Commercial syllabi
- Our IFR/VFR Kneeboard Reference Card
- Free updates & additional content as it's developed
- Saves $146 versus buying products individually
You're set for life! This all-inclusive package equips you with everything you need to prepare for your instructor checkrides and to teach future students with confidence.
Learn More & View Samples
Using our Content
A complete and detailed lesson & slide deck for every task in the CFI & MEI ACS and CFI-I 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
Using Our Content
Our ACS Reviews cover the Knowledge and Risk Management sections of every task in the FAA's Private, Instrument and Commercial ACS (CFI ACS is in the works).
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 checkride. Students, use our ACS Reviews as a study guide to help prep for your checkride!
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
Using Our Content
Take our lessons, slide decks, and ACS Reviews and combine them with our Private, Instrument & Commercial single-engine syllabi for a one stop CFI shop (CFI syllabus coming soon)!
Our syllabi provide a detailed breakdown of every ground and flight lesson, including the Backseat Pilot 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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Don't let the challenges of preparing for your CFI checkrides and instructing overwhelm you. Streamline your preparation with Backseat Pilot's resources, so you can focus on flying and teaching.
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Everything You Need for your CFI Checkrides & to Teach Future Students
FAQ
Can I use the lessons on my checkride?
Definitely! Many pilots have (and passed)! We do, however, recommend that you use our lessons to supplement your own or go through and add/remove/edit the information to ensure you're well prepared for the checkride and are comfortable with the content's format and flow.
And the FAA agrees. Straight from the Aviation Instructor's Handbook:
"Commercially developed lesson plans are acceptable for most training situations, including use by flight instructor applicants during their practical tests. However, all instructors should recognize that even well-designed preprinted lesson plans may need to be modified. Therefore, instructors are encouraged to use creativity when adapting preprinted lesson plans or when developing their own lesson plans for specific learners or training circumstances." (Page 7-9)
How do I download the content?
Just create an account on the website with the same email address you used during checkout.
Login whenever you need to and access the most current content.
How do the updates work?
We're constantly working on improving the content. Generally, updates are released every month.
As content is added or updated, you'll receive an email summarizing the changes. Login to your account, click the My Digital Content button, and you'll find all of the latest content there!
Are there any subscription fees or future costs?
Nope! Leave the updates to us. One cost, free updates for life. We'll continue to add value without adding costs.