Certified Flight Instructor (Rotorcraft helicopter)
Requirements to be eligible for a CFI license:
- You must be at least 18 years old.
- You must be able to read, write, understand, and speak English.
- You must hold either a commercial or ATP helicopter license.
- You must hold a helicopter Instrument rating.
- You must pass the written knowledge test for CFI helicopter.
- You must pass the written knowledge test on the Fundamentals of Instruction.
- You must pass an oral and practical test (checkride).
Aeronautical experience required for a CFI license:
- You must log at least 15 hours as pilot-in-command in a helicopter and receive instruction in the areas of instructing listed in Part 61.185 and 61.187.