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The Master accreditation

What a Master CFI actually means

A credential earned by fewer than 700 instructors in the country — and renewed every two years.

Master Certified Flight Instructor wings badge

~96,000

CFIs in the United States

Fewer than 700

have ever earned Master accreditation

17 in a row

National Flight Instructors of the Year held it

The Master Instructor designation is a national accreditation, recognized by the FAA and the industry, earned through a rigorous process of continuing professional activity and peer review. The FAA has even approved it as an alternate means for CFIs to renew their flight instructor certificates.

Simply put, it identifies those outstanding aviation educators — those “Teachers of Flight” — who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to excellence, professional growth, and service to the aviation community. It must be renewed every two years.

Through their dedication to excellence, Master Instructors have earned their “black belts” in aviation education. They truly represent the crème de la crème of the profession.

Master Instructors have earned their “black belts” in aviation education — the crème de la crème of the profession.

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The accreditation is the proof. The training is the point. Let’s get you flying.