Freelance CFIs and plane rentals??

(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!

As far as I know, there are no FBOs in the U.S. that have CFI's as
employees. We are almost always "1099" not "W-2". I think this helps
divorse the liability of having employees.
Your question really varies by the FBO. There are many FBOs in
Sacramento that will not consider it unless you want to fly full time
for them. There are others that just want you to sign up as a member
of their club. In general the professional training type places are
not likely to permit this. I'm an independent CFI and know of several
places I can get planes to teach in and places that I can't. The
bottom line is, you need to call.

Also, make sure this guy is really commited to training you. Accepting
a student is a BIG responsibility and I don't believe you should take
it on unless you are willing to see the student all the way through.

-Robert, CFI