As someone who has had to jump through all the hoops to work as an instructor under the current system and has paid vast sums of money to various flight training institutions to achieve this, I have a very negative view of allowing PPL's to instruct for renumeration. The only reason that the GA industry are now bleeting is that they can no longer have a ready supply of eager wannabe airline pilots willing to work for peanuts just to get that first interview. As we all know 700 hours in a Cessna no longer does it for the airlines. They would rather take someone who has paid for a type rating. The problem for the local flying club (and the CFI) who may post here, is that they don't have much to offer someone who wants to be an airline pilot anymore. i.e. who wants to pay £6000 to earn £12000 a year? They will have even less to offer when the new multicrew licence comes in. I've got a good idea, let's let Jim who is a PPL at the club with lots of money pay us £6000 to do the course then we can pay him peanuts, as he is rich already so doesn't need the money.
I don't recall any of my training institutions telling me what a tragedy it was that I had to pay them to obtain a CPL in order to work as a flying instructor. Strangely their view seems to have changed now.
As for those who say it is too expensive and too much hastle to obtain a CPL this doesn't ring true either. How do you get to be an experienced PPL without money? If you can't put up with the hastle of studying the subject you wish to teach should you really be doing it?
BEagle, how many hours and how many hours of doing what, as a PPL do you think would be sufficient to start an FI(R) course?
If anyone thinks there will be a quality filter, where those who fall short of the standard required will be refused the ticket, I suggest this is wishful thinking. As we all know, if you are FI trained by Bloggs (£6000) you will be sent to Bloggs 2 for your test (£200 ish). Bloggs 2 will also send his students to Bloggs 1 to be tested. Gentleman's agreement you know! How many people reading this know of someone who failed their instructor course or test? I don't.
Sorry, but I feel there has been a slant on this forum which suggests that the whole of the GA world think that it is a good idea for PPL's to be able to instruct for money. In case you didn't realise, I don't.
