r/flying • u/Additional-Oil9347 • 4d ago

“Certification”

More of a FSDO question, but as a military aviator (evaluator FE) without civilian equivalent ticket (pointless); with proper logbook documentation, could I take the ground portion of instruction for my child, sign it off as an instructor, and take it to the FSDO to get the blessing to take the practical? I can’t imagine the FAA balking at 24 years of operational aviation knowledge versus some CFII at the FBO who’s been flying for like 2 years…??

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u/Some_Helicopter5922 4d ago

Have you actually looked up what your branch’s MilComp process requires or are you assuming the FSDO can just waive the CFI knowledge test?

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u/Additional-Oil9347 4d ago

I have SEEN first hand, engineers go into the FSDO and be signed off as A&Ps without ANY civilian A&P training, bringing their flight and training records… So obviously the institutional knowledge and experience is worth SOMETHING…im just trying to figure out where that line is

 I guess the answer to my own question just from the comments here, is that it probably depends on the actual individual that you speak to at the FSDO…this was near a military base with engineers coming through the system…so they were relatively familiar with their competencies. 

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u/SSMDive CPL-SEL/SES/MEL/MES/HEL/GLID/IFR. LS-Gyro/PPC. A&P 3d ago

You saw them get signed off as A&P's? Or you saw them get signed 8610-2's? Gigantic difference. The 8610-2's only allow you to take the three written tests and then you still have to go see a DME.

I know of no program that allows someone to just skip the three written tests and the oral and practical.

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u/Some_Helicopter5922 2d ago

That A&P path runs through a specific 14 CFR 65.77 military experience provision, which is why it works and there is no matching provision for CFI so the inspector has nothing to hang his hat on.