Newly certified flight instructors (CFIs) should aim to acquire advanced ratings like CFII or MEI to enhance job prospects and prepare for the demanding nature of the role, including long hours and ...

A recent study published in Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors suggests that a flight instructor’s personality and their school’s safety culture are strong predictors of their on-the-job ...

Here are some tips to vetting CFIs, understanding insurance, and securing safe training.

Flight instructors fear a recent US court ruling could cause major headaches for the pilot-training community, just as airlines begin to again warn of a pilot shortage in the coming years. In a 2 ...

Alistair Checketts is chief flying instructor, with Gloucester, UK-based training school Skyborne, where he develops and manages airline training programmes. How did you get into aviation? My ...

I received a call from a recruiter for a regional airline who had stumbled across my CFI résumé someplace. As I have well over 1,500 hours, he wanted to know if I would like to fly for it. "No, thank ...