Flight Instructor Practical Test Standards for Airplane, Single-Engine Land and Sea: FAA-S-8081-6D

The most current FAA Practical Test Standards are reprinted in this series of handy cockpit-sized guides, and this edition is for flight instructor candidates taking their checkride in a single-engine airplane, land or sea ratings. The Practical Test Standards guide students, instructors, and FAA-designated examiners through what should happen in an FAA checkride. Written by the FAA, these books outline and list the knowledge and experience prerequisites and the levels of skill that must be demonstrated before an examiner can issue a certificate or rating to an applicant. They also list the applicable background study and reference materials where the information can be studied.

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