After I finished the CPL theory at the end of 2024, I was finally eligible to add the night instruction endorsement to my FI(A) rating. So when I got the opportunity in January, I did the required training with a FI FI.

Now that I’m finally done, and the only two things remaining are getting the night instruction endorsement and become unrestricted (probably going to take a while), it’s time to share the summary of what I’ve done and how much it cost.

About one month and one week after the previous sitting, I was ready to give the last exam another try. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in Aviationexam, and greatly improved my average score there. This time I had a good feeling, but the pressure of this being the final exam made me quite nervous.

Ten months after the previous sitting, I was finally ready to attempt the remaining four exams. Most of the summer has been spent studying, using mainly BGS webinars and Aviationexam.

Several months have passed since my previous exam sitting, and I’m still nowhere ready for the next sitting. I’m still working on it, and will eventually go for the next attempt - there’s just been to much else happening lately. But most importantly, a couple days ago I started instructing in my local club!

The three weeks since the previous sitting has been spent watching more BGS webinars, doing practice exams and reading books. Not much time left for flying, or anything else for that matter. Just like before the previous sitting.

The three weeks since the previous sitting has been spent watching more BGS webinars, doing practice exams and reading books. Not much time left for flying, or anything else for that matter.

As mentioned in the previous post, my goal was to start with the CPL theory exams at the end of the summer. According to the internet, the last day of summer in 2023 was Saturday September 23rd. I did my first exam on September 28th. So I almost made it. But at least I have finally started!

Yesterday I finally received my new certificate, with the FI(A) rating added! It took about one and a half month, just as expected.

When I was writing the the previous post I was getting ready to leave for Hungary. Now I’m happy to say that I have completed the training!

A little more than a month has passed since the previous post, and a lot has happened since then. I am happy to finally be able to say that this time I have studied more. A lot more. And I am getting ready to leave for the practical training in just a few days.

A couple months has passed since the previous post, and just like the last time I still haven’t completed more than the three subjects I was done with after the first month. As mentioned in the previous post, I have decided to focus less on when I finish the CPL theory and more on actually managing to finish without getting burned out. After all, I am still doing this on my spare time, for fun. That being said, I had still hoped to progress through the material in January. For various reasons, that didn’t happen. I do however still hope to get more done in the remaining weeks before my planned trip to Hungary.

More than two months has passed since I started studying using the Evionica CBT, and I still haven’t completed more than the three subjects I was done with after the first month. I started working on Meteorology, which is both a hard and interesting subject, but haven’t made much progress. I think I focused too much on my pre-defined schedule, which made it harder to stay focused and motivated. On top of that a lot of unforeseen events (outside of aviation) took most of the time I had available to study. And with the future of the local airplane being a bit uncertain now, I started having doubts about the entire thing.

Almost a month has passed since I started studying using the Evionica CBT, and I have managed to almost complete three subjects. Almost because a bug in the CBT won’t let me finish the third one. I had initially made a plan I intended to follow every day, but flying and other activities got in the way half of the time. And some of the elements covered are simply so hard that I need some breaks in-between studying. But even though I am slightly behind the schedule I made for myself, I am happy with the progress.

Sharing the joy of aviation with others are probably my favorite part of this wonderful activity. And I have for a while dreamt about being able to teach others to fly. I have talked about it with my wife, and my instructor, several times. And now I’m at the point where I have completed most of the prerequisites for the FI(A) training. I only need a little more than 4 hours of dual instrument, and then I have all of it.