Gleim Flight/Ground Instructor Written Exam Guidebook
The primary purpose of Flight/Ground Instructor FAA Knowledge Test is to provide you with the easiest, fastest, and least expensive means of passing the FAA Flight Instructor - Airplane (FIA) knowledge test, which is required before you can take your flight instructor practical (flight) test.Additionally, this book can be used in preparation for the following FAA knowledge tests:
- Sport Instructor - Airplane (SIA), which is required before you can take your practical test for the flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating.
- Advanced Ground Instructor (AGI), which allows you to teach the ground training required for any pilot certificate.
- Basic Ground Instructor (BGI), which allows you to teach the ground training for a recreational or private pilot certificate.
- Flight Instructor - Airplane - Added Rating (AFA), which is required if you currently hold a helicopter, glider, or gyroplane rating on your flight instructor certificate and you want to add an airplane rating to your flight instructor certificate.
- Pilot Examiner - Airplane (PEA), which is required for those people designated by the FAA to become an FAA-designated pilot examiner.
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