Flight Instructor Rating (FIR)
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING
We are pleased to advise that Bankstown Flying School is now offering one-to-one Flight Instructor Rating training. One-to-one training enables Students to enrol when they are ready as opposed to waiting until enrolments open.
A Flight Instructor Rating (FIR G3 Initial) provides a Commercial Pilot with another avenue to earn a living, while sharing their knowledge and experience in a training environment. An added benefit is that Flight Instructors continue to accrue flight experience hours, flight knowledge and may allow the holder to gain (through professional development) additional ratings and endorsements.
You must be the holder of a CPL or ATPL to enrol in the flight instructor rating course. During the course of training you will learn to teach people how to fly, demonstrate and reinforce the various theoretical and practical concepts pilots need to demonstrate, create lesson plans and review training pilots theory and flying.
Flight Instructor Rating course includes the following:
Principles and Methods of Instruction course
Spinning endorsement
Flight Instructor Grade III Initial flight test (1st attempt)
Conditions:
Payment arrangements available, final payment due prior to FIR flight test
Training will be carried out in a Piper PA28-161 and PA28-181
We recommend the CASA Flight Instructor Guide to read HERE
Cost:
$24,500.00
Our Flight Instructor Course is led by experienced instructors
HOO – Head of Operations, CEO – Chief Executive Officer, G1- Grade 1 Instructor, FER – Flight Examiner Rating, DFTE – Design Feature Training Endorsement, MECIR – Multi Engine Conversion Instructor Rating, IFR – Instrument Rating Instructor, FIR – Flight Instructor Rating Instructor
Testimonials
Here’s what our students had to say about our Flight Training:

I completed both my CPL and CIR through Bankstown Flying (BFS). In my experience, I found BFS to be less like a school and more like a close-knit flying club……Read more HERE

After an almost 4 decade long love affair with aviation, I finally made the full commitment to become a pilot and it was the best thing……Read more HERE

Came to BFS for a Cirrus SR22 conversion, heard great things about the school, Nigel was excellent……..Read more HERE
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