Turn your experienceinto someone else’s beginning.

Learn to teach flight

Initial CFI preparation shifts the focus from performing skills yourself to explaining, demonstrating, and evaluating them. Discuss your certificates, experience, and training goals with Skyview.

Build a practical preparation plan

Work with your instructor on the knowledge, teaching preparation, and practical skills required for your initial instructor certificate. Aircraft choice, training schedule, and individual requirements need to be discussed directly.

• Fundamentals of instruction and knowledge preparation
• Lesson planning, explanations, and demonstrations
• Endorsement knowledge and practical test preparation

Plan the costs separately

The school’s supplied cost breakdown lists initial CFI instruction at $70/hour, plus applicable aircraft time. It estimates $120–$220 for CFI books and materials, $150–$250 for preparation courses, separate knowledge examination fees, and $1,000–$1,500 for an initial CFI practical test. Third-party fees vary and are estimates.