King Schools, NAFI Team Up to Offer CFI Training Scholarship

The award includes $5,000 to apply toward an initial CFI rating, or it can be used for any CFI add-on rating. The scholarship includes lifelong access to the entire library of King Schools online courses and Flight Instructor Refresher Courses (FIRCs). The scholarship is worth more than $19,000.

To be eligible, applicants must be a NAFI member with a current FAA commercial certificate and instrument rating or a CFI certificate.

Instructions for how to apply for the 2024 scholarship are available on the King Schools website. The deadline for applications is January 4.

NAFI, a professional organization geared toward the betterment of flight instructors,  has been around for more than 50 years. It provides resources to all flight instructors and encourages members to aspire to a higher standard of professionalism to elevate flight training. For more information, visit NAFInet.org.

King Schools has been offering training opportunities for decades. John and Martha King, founders and co-chairpersons of the company, are recognized as top instructors, as a primary mission of King Schools is to support flight instructors by preparing clients for FAA knowledge tests and providing training insights through its Flight Instructor Refresher Course. Since 1994 the Kings have been the first and only couple to both hold every category and class of FAA rating on their pilot and instructor certificates.

They are still active pilots, regularly flying anything they can get their hands on, from jets and piston airplanes to helicopters.