Originally Posted by
Whopity
This is increasingly worrying as there is a growing number of these instructors, they have completed exactly the same training as any other FI and passed a FI Assessment of Competence yet have less privileges than a CRI! The regulation states that they may train for the "LAPL only" which poses further questions, can they do any training with licence holders? e.g. club checks, the hour with an FI; differences training etc; taken literally, they cannot!
Not sure this is quite true is it? They haven't received the same level of theory training (or at least haven't proved they have undertaken a course and passed the exams). I'm also not sure they have fewer privileges than a CRI - I don't think a CRI is able to give training for any licence are they? Also, they can do the hour with an instructor and, as long as they have FCL.945 on their licence, they can sign the renewal if the other requirements for renewal by experience are met.