Welcome Guest. Sign in or Signup

3 Answers

Ground Instructor privileges

Asked by: 2532 views FAA Regulations, Flight Instructor

Dear Sir, 

My name is Sergei – I’m FAA ATPL holder from Russia

I'm going to get the FAA Ground Instructor's Certificate and in this regard, trying to understand how I can apply it in Russia.

Could you please clarify me some questions? 

14 CFR 61.217 required to show that one of the following occurred during the preceding 12 calendar months:

(a) Employment or activity as a ground instructor giving pilot, flight instructor, or ground instructor training;

(b) Employment or activity as a flight instructor giving pilot, flight instructor, or ground instructor ground or flight training;

(c) Completion of an approved flight instructor refresher course and receipt of a graduation certificate for that course; 

How the work is confirmed by the instructor? If I teach at the Russian aviation center - it will be considered as FAA instructor’s activity?

Another question is whether the license allows the instructor on the ground to carry out individual training, such as exam preparation for written PPL?

What other forms of individual training are allowed the FAA in the area of theoretical training?

 

Best regards.

Ace Any FAA Written Test!
Actual FAA Questions / Free Lifetime Updates
The best explanations in the business
Fast, efficient study.
Pass Your Checkride With Confidence!
FAA Practical Test prep that reflects actual checkrides.
Any checkride: Airplane, Helicopter, Glider, etc.
Written and maintained by actual pilot examiners and master CFIs.
The World's Most Trusted eLogbook
Be Organized, Current, Professional, and Safe.
Highly customizable - for student pilots through pros.
Free Transition Service for users of other eLogs.
Our sincere thanks to pilots such as yourself who support AskACFI while helping themselves by using the awesome PC, Mac, iPhone/iPad, and Android aviation apps of our sponsors.

3 Answers



  1. CarsonAviation on Aug 03, 2019

    FAR 61.217 simply covers the recency requirements to maintain your ground instructor certificate. You should keep a log of ground instruction given to students and use that as proof that you meet the requirement of FAR 61.217(a).

    +1 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes



  2. mysticfog on Oct 08, 2021

    61.217 (a) Employment OR Activity as a ground Instructing pilots, flight instructors OR “Ground Instructor Training”.
    I recently took a course through the FAA Wings program that was sponsored by NAFI, National Association of Flight Instructors, “Flight Sim Senarios” Training. Which now I am current for another 12 months.

    Ground Instructors need Professional Development too.

    0 Votes Thumb up 1 Votes Thumb down 1 Votes



  3. awair on Sep 15, 2023

    You missed a word! To mis-quote Friends…

    Giving, not receiving. This is surely about conducting ground training for another ground instructor, not Professional Development.

    0 Votes Thumb up 0 Votes Thumb down 0 Votes


The following terms have been auto-detected the question above and any answers or discussion provided. Click on a term to see its definition from the Dauntless Aviation JargonBuster Glossary.

Answer Question

Our sincere thanks to all who contribute constructively to this forum in answering flight training questions. If you are a flight instructor or represent a flight school / FBO offering flight instruction, you are welcome to include links to your site and related contact information as it pertains to offering local flight instruction in a specific geographic area. Additionally, direct links to FAA and related official government sources of information are welcome. However we thank you for your understanding that links to other sites or text that may be construed as explicit or implicit advertising of other business, sites, or goods/services are not permitted even if such links nominally are relevant to the question asked.