Flight reviews and getting current again
A flight review is the one regular touchpoint most pilots have with an instructor. It should be worth the morning.
The flight review
The FAA requires at least one hour of ground and one hour of flight every 24 months. What that time contains is up to the instructor, so I build it around you: your airplane, your missions, the airspace you fly in, and the parts of your flying you already suspect are a bit soft. Expect a real conversation about regulations and airspace, then flying that covers the maneuvers, the emergencies and a few scenarios you do not see every day.
Coming back after time away
If it has been a year or several, there is no shame in it and no fixed syllabus for it. We start with a ground session to find out what you remember, then fly as many sessions as it takes. Owners coming back to a Cirrus usually need the avionics refreshed more than the stick-and-rudder.
New to San Diego
Moving here with an airplane means learning a dense piece of airspace: the Class B over the city, the Class D fields underneath it, the military airspace to the east and south, the Mexican border, and the marine layer that shows up most mornings for half the year. A local checkout flight with a briefing beforehand saves weeks of figuring it out alone.
Common questions
Can a flight review count toward instrument currency?
Not by itself, but the two can be combined into one session if you are also due for an IPC. Just say so when you book.
Do you do flight reviews in aircraft other than Cirrus?
Yes, for most common single-engine airplanes, and in light twins as an MEI. The Cirrus is the focus of this practice, not the limit of it.