Maintaining your Recency Experience Date is based on when you start the FIRC, not finish it. As long as you started your most recent FIRC within 3 calendar months of your Recency Experience Date, you can complete the refresher any time after that and still keep the same Recency Experience Date.
Yes, you have enough time. After you complete the online course, submit your application for renewal on the FAA’s IACRA site. Then provide us with the necessary ID info by completing the first 4 steps of the renewal checklist in your American Flyers account. To guarantee the renewal, the ACR requires at least five business days before the expiration date printed on the back of your CFI certificate.
No, there is no automatic submission of paperwork. You must submit your application through the FAA’s IACRA site then provide us with the necessary ID info through the renewal checklist in your American Flyers account.
If you fail once, you immediately get a second attempt. If you fail that, our FIRC support team will reset it for another 2 attempts. If you fail those, we will put you in touch with our National Chief Pilot for any questions you may have. After that, the test will be reset for a fifth attempt.
Once you purchase the FIRC it is yours to use for life. If you want to save yourself a trip to the FSDO and have American Flyers complete your refresher, the IACRA processing method is additional each time you renew.
