I was not getting into specifics but if a group requires a pilot to pay the full costs of a checkout then unless the other person is a flight instriuctor the they are simply a passenger who is flying for free.
Where did I say requires? Did I not say that we paid the cost of checkouts? So now you decide they are a passenger flying for free, maybe you can enlighten me has flying as a passenger is free flying hours?
Thus you are not checking anything. You have already decided that it will be safe. You are simply going for a ride as a passenger in the car.
We have determined that you have a licence that entitles you to fly our type of aircraft P1 but we are making sure that you fly within our requirements - that is what we are checking.
J.