GFPT - Instructor approval to fly
Was faced with a strange scenario today. Pilot with GFPT asked me to sign an MR for him to go flying. Turns out his school is in another state and does not have any areas associated with the local aerodrome in their Training Ops Manual. He said his instructor, checks the local wx (probably via NAIPS) and gives the student approval to fly.
I have not looked at the VFR day syllabus, only CAR 5.69 which I see is able to be interpreted a number of ways depending on how you look at the definitions of "flying training area" and "cross country training"
Can this be done legally? Appreciate advice from the instructors on this one.