bose-x wrote:
A freelancer is going to teach how they see fit and then throw them over the wall so to speak into an ATO where the change of pace is very likely to be an issue for the student in terms of adapting to different process and methods.
That would clearly be an undesirable situation. However, if the freelance instructor is 'associated with' a specific ATO and suitably standardised, it would be less of a problem. Except for the standardisation costs, of course - and the perception by an ATO's resident instructors that a freelance instructor is taking the bread from their mouths.... Which would require careful management.
But it could suit an ATO to use a nominated freelance instructor for certain specific elements of the course, particularly if the course is for a student using his/her own aeroplane, perhaps?