AVS – Aviation Science Instructor Qualifications
Legend for FAA Certificate Abbreviations
- AGI: Advanced Ground Instructor Certificate
- IGI: Instrument Ground Instructor Certificate
- CFI: Certificated Flight Instructor
- CFII Certificated Instrument Flight Instructor
- COMM: Commercial Pilot Certificate
- ATP: Airline Transport Pilot Certificate
- RW: Rotor-wing Helicopter
- FW: Fixed-wing Airplane
Full-Time Faculty candidates must meet the following minimum requirements
- AAS in aviation field of study or Bachelor’s or higher in non-aviation field of study AND
- COMM and CFI or ATP (Commercial Pilot Certificate and Certified Flight Instructor or Airline Transport Pilot Certificate) OR;
- Private Pilot certificate and 400 hours of flight experience, Advanced Ground Instructor Certificate (AGI), Instrument Ground Instructor certificate (IGI) and 5 years aviation management experience.
Revised February 2022
Individual Course Instructor Qualifications
AVS-107 Flight Lab: Level I
AVS-207 Flight Lab: Level II
CFII -or- AGI and IGI
AVS-110 Helicopter Private Pilot Differences
AGI + RW COMM or ATP, -or- CFI RW
AVS-120 Airplane: Private Pilot Ground
AGI + COMM or ATP
AVS-130 Instrument Pilot Ground
IGI
AVS-140 Airplane Commercial Ground
AGI + COMM or ATP FW, -or- CFI FW
AVS-210 Helicopter Commercial Ground
AGI + COMM or ATP RW, -or- CFI RW
AVS-230 Initial Flight Instructor Ground
CFI + AGI + Part 61 Initial CFI Minimums (24 months + 40 hours ground training or 100 hours ground training in an FAA 141-approved course).
AVS-240 Instrument Instructor Ground
CFII + AGI (prefer Part 61 minimums above)
AVS-127 Intro to Aviation
COMM + at least 2 years aviation industry experience
AVS-137 Applied Aerodynamics
CFI + AGI
AVS-157 Aircraft Systems Airframe
CFI + AGI, -or- COMM + Airframe Mechanic certificate
AVS-167 Aircraft Systems Powerplant
CFI + AGI, -or- COMM + Powerplant Mechanic certificate
AVS-177 Pilot Human Factors
Part 61 Initial CFI Minimums (24 months + 40 hours ground training or 100 hours ground training in an FAA 141-approved course).
AVS-217 Aviation Weather Services
AGI or IGI
AVS-227 Aviation Careers
COMM + 2 years aviation industry experience
AVS-237 Aviation Laws and Regs
Part 61 Initial CFI Minimums (24 months + 40 hours ground training or 100 hours ground training in an FAA 141-approved course)
AVS-267 Economics of Flight Ops
2 years aviation management experience
Revisions Approved: 12/14/2018