"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...
If a CFI was really an independent contractor he could not be required to
perform any additional duties, could not be told how to do his job, could
not be required to use company planes, could not be forbidden to give flight
instruction on his own time or at other FBOs, etc. Some states require
anyone working as a contractor to have a license or otherwise register as a
business.

I'm pretty sure that isn't true. I work in the teleco industry and
about 25% of us (engineers) are contractors. You would never know the
difference just walking around the cubes. The contractors are still
told how to do their job just like employees. They are still required
to use the same equipment. They do not have to be ind. businesses (we
operate in almost every state and over 30 countries). They are still
forbidden from working for anyone else during their contract. The
company has 6 lawyers dedicated to preventing the state from
considering these guys as employees (there are some strange things
they do to maintain the difference).


-Robert