Your friend can rent the airplane from the FBO and give you dual
instruction without any restriction. But the problem comes when you
have to fly solo or fly solo cross countries. What you might want to
do is take the majority of your instruction with your friend, and then
switch to one of the FBO instructors and have them sign off your solo.
You have to do the same for the cross countries as well. This is a
hassle, but I really don't see how an FBO will allow a stranger to
sign off another stranger to take their airplanes on solo flights. If
your friend has done a lot of CFI work in the past he must have some
ideas on how to do this or know someone in the community who could
help.




(Sam) wrote in message . com...
I posted a message awhile back about one of my relatives offering me
free flight instruction. He's a very experienced airline pilot and
has done a lot of CFI work in the past. He's still current on his CFI
rating, and the plan is to begin training in June (when I have more
money and he has more time).

Do you think there will be any problem with one of the local FBOs
renting us a plane for my training? Obviously they'll want to check
him out and see his history, but beyond that is there anything I need
to know? Obviously we should just make a couple of calls and see what
their policy is, but I just wanted to know if this was a common
situation or not first. TIA!

Sam