Do you have to possess ATPL to be a PPL level instructor?
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Do you have to possess ATPL to be a PPL level instructor?
Was wondering if you had to achieve ATPL to be an instructor upto PPL level or whether the instructor rating is a 'bolt-on' on top of the basic PPL?
Also, if you don't require an ATPL how do you stand regarding payment as I understand that a PPL do's not permit you to earn money from flying?
Info gratefully received.
Cheers.......Zap
Also, if you don't require an ATPL how do you stand regarding payment as I understand that a PPL do's not permit you to earn money from flying?
Info gratefully received.
Cheers.......Zap
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You do not need an ATPL. Most instructors don't have an ATPL. Remember that the minimum requirements for a JAR ATPL are 1500 hours, of which 500 hours are on a multi-pilot aircraft. Very few instructors meet these requirements!
Most instructors will have a CPL, though, and this is why they can get paid for instructing. It's not actually necessary to have a CPL. An instructor without a CPL can not get paid for instructing, though - and he must have passed either the CPL or the ATPL written exams, even if he hasn't actually done the CPL flying.
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Most instructors will have a CPL, though, and this is why they can get paid for instructing. It's not actually necessary to have a CPL. An instructor without a CPL can not get paid for instructing, though - and he must have passed either the CPL or the ATPL written exams, even if he hasn't actually done the CPL flying.
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Here's another question then... does a PPL instructor have to pay at least half the cost of any training flights that they give? That would seem to make a PPL instructor rating pretty useless if that were the case.
If it were just that the instructor couldn't be _paid_ but that the student could pay the full cost of the flight, that sounds like something more worthwhile.
Anyone know?
Mark
If it were just that the instructor couldn't be _paid_ but that the student could pay the full cost of the flight, that sounds like something more worthwhile.
Anyone know?
Mark
