The FI(A) training course includes:
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25 hours of teaching and learning,
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100 hours of theoretical knowledge instruction, including progress tests,
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30 hours of flight instruction, of which 25 hours are dual flight instruction, of which 5 hours may be conducted in an FFS, an FNPT I or II or an FTD 2/3, and remaining 5 hours may be mutual flying (two students flying together to practice flight demonstrations).
Theoretical knowledge instruction.
Theoretical knowledge programme consists of
10 subjects:
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The learning process,
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The teaching process,
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Training Philosophies,
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Techniques of applied instruction,
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Student evaluation and testing,
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Training programme development,
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Specific hazards involved in simulating systems failures and malfunctions in the aircraft during flight,
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Night flying instructions,
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Training administration,
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Human performance and limitations relevant to flight instruction.
Flight instruction.
Flight instructions contains air exercises similar to those used for training of PPL(A) include the development of specific instructor skills and long briefings, particularly in teaching and assessing threat and error management and crew resource management (CRM). This course enables the candidate instructors to gain experience of training a variety of exercises, covering both normal and abnormal operations.
