Originally Posted by
Art E. Fischler-Reisen
There seems to be another discrepancy, with regard to TCT's HCAP membership, which I've wondered about for some time. I believe she is, or was (I can no longer check this since I resigned from that organisation) listed as an "Upper Freeman" which is applicable only to professional pilots. But by her own admission, as per the report above, she is not a professional pilot.
But at one point she had an instructor rating which I assume would mean she passed a commercial checkride prior to instructing, so I suppose at a stretch the commercial qualification would make her a "professional" pilot