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by Michael D. Hayes (Author)
ASA's Oral Exam Guide Series is an excellent study tool for students and instructors alike. Arranged in a question-and-answer format, this comprehensive guide lists the questions most likely to be asked by evaluators and provides succinct, ready responses. FAA references are provided throughout for further study.
This eighth edition of the Flight Instructor Oral Exam Guide includes "Fundamentals of Instructing" questions covering the subjects from the FAA's Aviation Instructor's Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9). Its content accounts for the latest FAA Test Standards, including new risk management considerations and chapters covering all Areas of Operations and Tasks. This book is the complete resource to prepare applicants for the FAA CFI Airplane checkride and is valuable as a general refresher.
Author Biography
For Mike Hayes, flying started when he was 16 years old, and he has been flying for more than 40 years. He obtained his private pilot certificate in 1972 and acquired additional certificates and ratings in 1987. His aviation experience includes flight time in over 30 different types of aircraft, and the majority of instruction he has given has been in various models of Cessna, Piper, Mooney, Grumman, and Bellanca aircraft. He has been a flight instructor since 1988, instructing both full- and part-time for several large flight schools in Texas. Besides teaching, Mike has also worked as a corporate pilot and as a senior flight operations agent for a large regional airline. Prior to becoming involved in flight training, he worked for over 10 years in the telecommunications and information technology industry with extensive travel throughout the U.S.
Mike is the author of ASA's popular Oral Exam Guide Series for the Private, Commercial, Instrument, Multi-Engine, CFI, and ATP oral/practical tests.
