FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR Practical Test Standards for Airplane Single-Engine Land and Sea (FAA-S-8081-6D with Changes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6)

FlIGHT INSTRUCTOR Practical Test Standards for Airplane Single-Engine Land and Sea (FAA-S-8081-6D with Changes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), Effective April 2018. (LAST UPDATES) Record of Changes

Change 1 (September 20, 2012) - Removed references to LORAN from the following: o "Abbreviations" section of Introduction o Objective 1 in Task L (Navigation Systems and Radar Services) of Section 1, Area of Operation II - Technical Subject Areas o Objective 1 in Task L (Navigation Aids and Radar Services) of Section 2, Area of Operation II - Technical Subject Areas Change 2 (November 21, 2012) - Revised Note in "Aircraft and Equipment Required for the Practical Test" section of Introduction regarding use of noncomplex airplanes during renewal or reinstatement of the Flight Instructor Certificate. - Revised Note in "Renewal or Reinstatement of a Flight Instructor Certificate" section of Introduction regarding use of non-complex airplanes during renewal or reinstatement of the Flight Instructor Certificate. Change 3 (January 28, 2013) - Revised the "Practical Test Prerequisites" section of the Introduction regarding the amount of time for which an endorsement from an authorized flight instructor may be used to apply for an initial certification or additional rating practical test. Change 4 (January 15, 2015) - Revised Note in "Aircraft and Equipment Required for the Practical Test" section of Introduction and added paragraph 4 clarifying when a non-complex airplane is required for the practical test. These edits are intended to make clear that a complex aircraft is not required when adding an airplane class rating to an existing flight instructor certificate that already contains an airplane category and class rating. The FAA finds the requirements for the use of a complex airplane are not necessary when the applicant has already satisfactorily demonstrated the takeoff, landing, emergency, and other Tasks contained within this PTS in a complex airplane. o For example, an applicant seeking to add a singleengine rating to an existing flight instructor certificate FAA-S-8081-6D that already contains an airplane multiengine category and class rating does not need to perform the practical test in a complex airplane. - Restored Objective 2 in Task F (Secondary Stalls (Demonstration)(ASEL and ASES)) of Section 1, Area of Operation XI - Slow Flights, Stalls, and Spins. o Previously removed inadvertently. Change 5 (June 17, 2016) - Updated all references throughout the document that referred to the Private Pilot Airplane Practical Test Standards (FAA-S-8081-14) to refer to the superseding Private Pilot - Airplane Airman Certification Standards (FAA-S-ACS-6). Change 6 (April 19, 2018) - Removed the complex airplane requirement from practical tests for an airplane single-engine instructor rating and made corresponding changes to Task elements and the following sections in the Introduction: o "Aircraft and Equipment Required for the Practical Test" o "Renewal or Reinstatement of a Flight Instructor Certificate"

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