Often club membership has a waiting period, based on the
number of airplanes and on the number of instructors. As a
result, instructors usually do not have to wait to join and
they may even get a discount on fees ad dues.



"Jose" wrote in message
news | If both I and the CFI are club members, who is providing
the aircraft - me or
| the CFI? (Presumably, I'm paying for it that day.)
|
| Absent contortions to the contrary, you are. You choose
the aircraft
| and schedule it, you pay for it. You pick the instructor
and pay him.
| The instructor's being a club =member= is not the same as
supplying the
| aircraft.
|
| So long as you are free to use another instructor with
this aircraft,
| and are free to use a non-club aircraft with this
instructor, they are
| not tied together.
|
| Generally a club does not employ instructors. They permit
instructors
| to instruct in their aircraft.
|
| Jose
| --
| "There are 3 secrets to the perfect landing.
Unfortunately, nobody knows
| what they are." - (mike).
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