Isn't it incredible that the PFA claim that their assistant coach scheme for the SEP renewal training flight is approved by the CAA, yet CAA FCL calim to have no knowledge of the scheme?
It seems very dodgy to me. A PFA member could easily do the flight, get his or her log book signed, then refuse to pay £25 expenses, instead only paying an amount which the coach could prove he had incurred (e.g travel costs).
Alternativly if the PFA member had agreed to pay £25 to the assistant coach, and there was an accident during the flight, an inurance company lawyer might argue that a promise of renumeration (over and above incurred expenses) had been made, and thus the flight was illegal so they don't have to pay out.