Flight instruction compensation - light sport

Can a flight instructor with a "driver's license" physical give flight
instruction in a light sport class plane and charge for the instruction
given?

A CFI with no medical can provide flight instruction in a Boeing 737
and charge for instruction given.

-Robert, CFI

Robert M. Gary wrote:
A CFI with no medical can provide flight instruction in a Boeing 737
and charge for instruction given.

Only if not acting as PIC or required crew member.

Only if not acting as PIC or required crew member

But that's not related to this question.
"Can a flight instructor with a "driver's license" physical give flight

instruction in a light sport class plane and charge for the instruction
given? "

The answer is clearly yes for any instruction.


-Robert, CFI

Robert M. Gary wrote:
Only if not acting as PIC or required crew member


But that's not related to this question.
"Can a flight instructor with a "driver's license" physical give flight

instruction in a light sport class plane and charge for the instruction
given? "

The answer is clearly yes for any instruction.


-Robert, CFI


Assuming the person is learning to fly the light sport airplane, the CFI
would have to be PIC. I think the CFI would have to have the light
sport class CFI rating.

Or maybe not. I'm guessing my CFI is good enough, so I don't think
about those things.

No Light Sport Aircraft CFI ratings required. If you are a CFI, you're
already
qualified. You'll need a Biennial to act as PIC though.

Al


able to teach in sport aircraft for a long time
"Rachel" wrote in message
...
Robert M. Gary wrote:
Only if not acting as PIC or required crew member


But that's not related to this question.
"Can a flight instructor with a "driver's license" physical give flight

instruction in a light sport class plane and charge for the instruction
given? "

The answer is clearly yes for any instruction.


-Robert, CFI


Assuming the person is learning to fly the light sport airplane, the CFI
would have to be PIC. I think the CFI would have to have the light sport
class CFI rating.

Or maybe not. I'm guessing my CFI is good enough, so I don't think about
those things.

Robert M. Gary wrote:
A CFI with no medical can provide flight instruction in a Boeing 737
and charge for instruction given.

-Robert, CFI

If the "student" is qualifed to act as PIC...

I think the underlying point here is that "charging" for instruction
has nothing to do with medicals when it comes to a CFI. According to
the FAA FAQ the reasoning behind this is that CFIs are paid to teach
not to fly. As a CFI I must agree. For every hour of instruction I log,
I'm lucky to get 30 seconds on the controls. In actual fact there were
probably more political forces at work than logical but the fact is
that whether a CFI charges or not does not at all effect his need for a
medical.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
I think the underlying point here is that "charging" for instruction
has nothing to do with medicals when it comes to a CFI. According to
the FAA FAQ the reasoning behind this is that CFIs are paid to teach
not to fly. As a CFI I must agree. For every hour of instruction I log,
I'm lucky to get 30 seconds on the controls. In actual fact there were
probably more political forces at work than logical but the fact is
that whether a CFI charges or not does not at all effect his need for a
medical.

-Robert

Then why is a commercial required in order to get a CFI?

Then why is a commercial required in order to get a CFI?

That's a very good question. I believe that is one of the items they
"fixed" with the sport CFI (but I don't remember the final draft).
However, the FAA has been very clear that instruction is not flying for
hire. Maybe its just because the FAA wants CFIs to fly to commercial
standards or perhaps the FAA didn't want the bother of having "private
CFIs" and "commercial CFIs" (to give commercial instruction).


-Robert