Originally Posted by tigerbatics
There is nothing whatever wrong with a club/school employing someone in an administrative capacity and paying them as such and also, if they have a PPL FI, allowing them to give instruction to students provided they are not paid anything additional and the student is not charged for instruction in respect of the PPL FI's time
Agree totally.
I take it then that you would say that a commercial organisation could not get a PPL(FI) to fly a trial lesson because the "student" (or the person who purchased the voucher) has already paid for the as you say "
instruction in respect of the PPL FI's time" when they purchased the voucher.
However, I am not sure I agree with your statement of;
Originally Posted by tigerbatics
I would add that in most instances a PPL FI would not be 'employed' by the club/school at all but be a club member.
I agree that in a club you would be correct. However, most flying schools in the UK are limited companies who make a profit by trading in flight instruction through a "club". With the officers of the company making the decisions regarding the organisation and hiring and firing, would it not be the case that the instructor (regardless of licence type) is employed by the limited company.
There has for years been the "self employed flight instructor" which many schools used to try and get themselves out of various comittments. However, since the PPL(FI) could not be a self employed instructor (it is illegal) they have to be employed by the school. This then leads into minimum wage, etc etc etc.
Regards,
DFC