Bose-x,
"I did not say I would not do a checkout, I said I did not expect to pay for a PUT lesson when I am current on type........ "
Well .. you actually said
"But there is no way I will allow the Instructor to be pilot in command"
No one is asking you to pay for a PUT leesson if you don't need it but, you have the right, and indeed the legal responsibility to nominate the pilot in command of one of your own aeroplanes when it flies; the owner/operator of an aeroplane you hire has the same legal responsibilities and probably also has constraints placed on him by his insurer. It is for him, not you to say who is pilot in command! If you are not the nominated pilot in command it is illegal for you to make a logbook entry showing that you are. I don't make the rules, I just operate within them!
This is an interestinng discussion because it demonstrates the paradox in our industry and the difficulty in reconciling the customer/supplier relationship with the expert flier/less expert flier relationship. I fully accept that there are some instructors who are not very expert and some hirers who are; this further complicates the picture! I am sure that you are an expert pilot bose-x and if you did come to me to rent an aeroplane I'm sure we could come to a sensible agreement but, just look for a moment at your earlier remarks and how they come accross. What sort of reaction do you usually get when you make remarks like the one I quoted above?
Happy landings (wherever you go flying!)
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