Online Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC) provider AceCFI appears to have abruptly ceased operations following the expiration of its FAA authorization on Sept. 30, 2025. Multiple former course subscribers said they were taken by surprise, many of whom were mid-course when the provider’s services suddenly went offline.

The company, once listed on the FAA’s 2024 roster of approved FIRC providers, was omitted from the updated list published Aug. 29, 2025. At the beginning of October, the AceCFI website was replaced with a Network Solutions “Under Construction” placeholder.

The FAA could not be reached for comment due to the ongoing government shutdown.

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