At our club, a prospective CFI must meet with the club Flight Safety Board
and pass their review. Then the FSB can recommend, or not, the CFI to the
board of directors for approval of instructor status. If the board of
directors votes in the affirmative, the CFI must then be checked out by one
of the club instructors and given a final approval.

Our club rules prohibit instruction in our aircraft by any CFI that has not
gone through this process and is a club member. The only exception is for
check rides given by designated examiners.


I'm looking for issues involved with a private flying club allowing CFIs
to instruct in its planes.

If the club just contracts with an FBO to provide instruction, than I
suppose this is a moot point, as the FBO takes responsibility. But what
if a club member CFI wants to provide instruction? What procedure
should the club use to approve a person to provide primary instruction
in its planes? Just saying "show me your current as a CFI and that you
have insurance" doesn't seem like enough. The FAA has supposedly
already authorized the CFI to instruct, but just being a CFI doesn't
make one a good, or even safe, instructor.

What is the liability of the clubs' board when they allow a CFI to
provide primary instruction in its planes?

Please let me know what has worked for you in cases like this.

Thank you!