If someone said to me, "work out how we can get PPL's instructing," I would do the following:
- Set a minimum number of hours for a PPL holder to be eligible
- Sit an instructors course, the same as the one that exists now, but you wouldn't have a CPL
- Sit an AFR as required
- Only teach to PPL level
- ATO still sits the test
- You can charge for your services
- No "career" progression, you are always just an Grade X instructor and can't teach CPL
- If you have an endorsement, you can teach it
Let's see what happens if it's not a wind-up, but that being said I've been hearing about this for a number of years. If you can't get paid for it, there will be little incentive to get the rating especially if it's financially onerous.
What I am thinking will actually happen is quite different. I am thinking that this has something to do with the RPL where a PPL can teach for example an RA-Aus pilot or fresh student to the required standard. Then we will hear that it's 2 POB only and 1,500 kg MTOW. We shall see...
