"Ross Younger" wrote in message
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and his ticket would get pulled if you screwed up. My club charge full
rate (GBP 20/hour) for instructor time "supervising" student solos.


But he was describing a student cross-country flight, which is not a
directly-supervised flight as in a solo around the pattern.

Why would the instructor need to stay at the airport for a student doing a
solo cross-country. The instructor should supervise flight planning and
weather analysis and then just be available by telephone.

I even did an overnight trip to visit a friend during one of my student solo
cross-countries; my instructor was available to discuss weather or other
issues.


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com