Originally Posted by
mykul10
You do not need a medical for dual training (but you do to fly solo). Training towards a licence can be carried out by a PPL holder, but only if he/she holds a valid Flight Instructor Certificate.
I would suggest that you check the validity of the advice you are receiving!
As I said before the guy on the RHS was
just a PPL and (I did not mention it I asked to fly with a Flight Instructor but none was available). There was a thread (on Private flight forum) about my case I started which had some interesting comments.
A medical is always useful and a relatively minor cost in relation to not able to perform the drills required in PPL.
I wonder what experience this PPL had of flying from the right hand seat! Most FI students find that it takes them quite a large part of the 30 hour course to adapt to flying from the right hand seat. If anything had gone wrong the PPL could have been in breach of articles 137/138
He said he was legally allowed to fly from the right seat and I think he did often. He was doing all the "experience flights" on behalf of his club.