CFI without commercial?

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Its not considerd flying for hire.


It is if you're being paid.

Its not considerd flying for hire.

It is if you're being paid.

Not the situation originally discussed, but suppose a non-pilot (who
perhaps reads a lot and plays flight sim) acts as an instructor for a
pilot who wants to learn something about flying from him. What that
might be I will leave to your imagination. The pilot is current and
rated in the aircraft, and acts as PIC. The passenger is being paid to
instruct, the instruction is not logged.

Is the non-pilot paid instructor "flying for hire"?

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message
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Not the situation originally discussed, but suppose a non-pilot (who
perhaps reads a lot and plays flight sim) acts as an instructor for a
pilot who wants to learn something about flying from him. What that might
be I will leave to your imagination. The pilot is current and rated in
the aircraft, and acts as PIC. The passenger is being paid to instruct,
the instruction is not logged.

Is the non-pilot paid instructor "flying for hire"?


Yup.

Technically, he's being being paid to teach. He only needs a class 3
medical.

-Robert, CFI

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Technically, he's being being paid to teach. He only needs a class 3
medical.


But in reality he's flying for hire.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Technically, he's being being paid to teach. He only needs a class 3
medical.


But in reality he's flying for hire.


No he's teaching for hire which is acceptted as OK by the FAA to do with a
3rd class medical.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
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No he's teaching for hire which is acceptted as OK by the FAA to do with a
3rd class medical.

So flight instructors don't fly?

That right. An in fact, if the pilot is already rated and qualified as
PIC (perhaps getting a BFR) then the CFI doesn't need *any* medical at
all.

-Robert

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:


No he's teaching for hire which is acceptted as OK by the FAA to do with a
3rd class medical.


Actually you can do it without any medical at all if your (advanced,
adequately rated and all that) student can act as PIC.

--Sylvain

Even when I am being paid, its not commercial. At least in the sense
the the FAA does not require me to told a class 2 medical. The FAA FAQ
said that they consider CFIs as being paid to teach not to fly. Perhaps
we're talking semantics.

-Robert