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Flight Instructor Resources
King Schools introduces their new FREE Flight Instructor Program. Enrolled flight instructors receive access to the KING CFI Dashboard where they can track the progress of their linked students. In addition they receive a free suite of King Schools Ground School & Test Prep courses and associated Practical Test courses, plus access to the King Schools Online Library. Click Here for more information about the KING Flight Instructor Program.
FREE So You Want to Learn How to Fly...your guide to make it happen is a unblemished accounting of how your students can go from dreaming about becoming a pilot to making it a reality. Glenn Daly's years of experience as both a Certificated Flight Instructor and Course Developer for King Schools will help guide your students with clear, step-by-step explanations outlining the necessary steps involved in getting their private pilot certificate (private pilot license). Glenn shares his valuable expertise that will ensure your students make well informed decisions about their pilot training, and get them started on the right path to becoming a pilot.
FREE... Online TSA Security Awareness Course
TSA Security Awareness Training for CFIs can be completed in about an hour using any internet-connected computer or tablet. It provides a TSA-accepted graduation certificate and qualifies for the WINGS program credit.
While this training is bundled with your FIRC training every two years, it is still necessary to complete this training in the years between FIRCs. We have made this course available for free, so you have a quick and easy way to meet that requirement. For more information and to enroll, visit kingschools.com/tsa
TSA Security Awareness Training for CFIs can be completed in about an hour using any internet-connected computer or tablet. It provides a TSA-accepted graduation certificate and qualifies for the WINGS program credit.
While this training is bundled with your FIRC training every two years, it is still necessary to complete this training in the years between FIRCs. We have made this course available for free, so you have a quick and easy way to meet that requirement. For more information and to enroll, visit kingschools.com/tsa
FAA Documents
FAA Airman Certification Standards / Practical Test Standards Documents 
When you take a Checkride (Practical Test) for a new Pilot Certificate or Rating, your examiner does not randomly select the tasks you are asked to perform. They are clearly defined in the appropriate FAA standards book. The PTS and the ACS are an agreement between you, your examiner and the FAA on exactly what you can be tested on and the criteria the examiner will use to determine if you meet the standard. You will find at the link the current PTS and ACS books for the most common Certificates and Ratings.
As of November 26, 2018, the ACS replaced the Practical Test Standards (PTS) for the Private Pilot Certificate, the Instrument Rating and the Commercial Pilot Certificate.
When you take a Checkride (Practical Test) for a new Pilot Certificate or Rating, your examiner does not randomly select the tasks you are asked to perform. They are clearly defined in the appropriate FAA standards book. The PTS and the ACS are an agreement between you, your examiner and the FAA on exactly what you can be tested on and the criteria the examiner will use to determine if you meet the standard. You will find at the link the current PTS and ACS books for the most common Certificates and Ratings.
As of November 26, 2018, the ACS replaced the Practical Test Standards (PTS) for the Private Pilot Certificate, the Instrument Rating and the Commercial Pilot Certificate.
FAR/AIM and NTSB Online Repository
Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) - Rules prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) governing all aviation activities in the United States. The FARs are part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). A wide variety of activities are regulated, such as aircraft design and maintenance, typical airline flights, pilot training activities, hot-air ballooning, lighter-than-air aircraft, man-made structure heights, obstruction lighting and marking, and even model rocket launches, model aircraft operation, and kite flying. The rules are designed to promote safe aviation, protecting pilots, flight attendants, passengers and the general public from unnecessary risk.
Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) - This manual contains the fundamentals required in order to fly legally in the country of origin. It also contains items of interest to pilots concerning health and medical facts, factors affecting flight safety, a pilot/controller glossary of terms used in the ATC System, and information on safety, accident, and hazard reporting. Although the AIM is not regulatory in nature, parts of it re-state and amplify federal regulations.
NTSB Part 830 - Notification and Reporting of Aircraft Accidents or Incidents and Overdue Aircraft, and Preservation or Aircraft Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, and Records. This part gives you the rules to follow if you are involved in an aircraft accident or incident.
Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) - Rules prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) governing all aviation activities in the United States. The FARs are part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). A wide variety of activities are regulated, such as aircraft design and maintenance, typical airline flights, pilot training activities, hot-air ballooning, lighter-than-air aircraft, man-made structure heights, obstruction lighting and marking, and even model rocket launches, model aircraft operation, and kite flying. The rules are designed to promote safe aviation, protecting pilots, flight attendants, passengers and the general public from unnecessary risk.
Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) - This manual contains the fundamentals required in order to fly legally in the country of origin. It also contains items of interest to pilots concerning health and medical facts, factors affecting flight safety, a pilot/controller glossary of terms used in the ATC System, and information on safety, accident, and hazard reporting. Although the AIM is not regulatory in nature, parts of it re-state and amplify federal regulations.
NTSB Part 830 - Notification and Reporting of Aircraft Accidents or Incidents and Overdue Aircraft, and Preservation or Aircraft Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, and Records. This part gives you the rules to follow if you are involved in an aircraft accident or incident.
Online FIRCs for Airplane and Helicopter CFIs—
Have it Your Way with Electives!
Have it Your Way with Electives!
Customize your FIRC for what interests you most by selecting from a set of electives. The FAA has allowed us to move away from covering the same old topics that you learned as a private pilot and delve into areas that will be more interesting, relevent and sometimes provocative. Electives are drawn from hot topics in flight training, including valuable subjects such as teaching smart tablet use in the cockpit, using flight simulation to help pilots learn, and teaching icing survival.
Hassle-free Renewal—Nothing to send in
KING Airplane and Helicopter FIRCs incorporate a paperwork-free, completely online renewal process. You will be able to complete the renewal requirements online and you will receive your temporary certificate by email.
Renew your CFI online...
quickly and easily!