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[MidlifeFlyer]

I know I've said this before, but your best protection from a civil suit is your empty bank account.

Personal injury lawyers know (or quickly learn) that most CFIs don't have anywhere near enough assets to make them tempting targets. FBOs, large flight schools, and aircraft manufacturers with liability insurance are much more likely to be the target of a lawsuit.

Personal injury lawyers who operate in the aviation field (we're not talking TV ad auto accident and slip-and-fall lawyers here; proving education was improper is not like a rear-end collision) also know or learn quickly enough that "educational malpractice" is not the most viable of legal theories on which to base a lawsuit.

 

[Chief Captain]

§ 61.195 Flight instructor limitations and qualifications.
A person who holds a flight instructor certificate is subject to the following limitations:

(a) Hours of training. In any 24-consecutive-hour period, a flight instructor may not conduct more than 8 hours of flight training.
(b) Aircraft ratings. A flight instructor may not conduct flight training in any aircraft for which the flight instructor does not hold:

(1) A pilot certificate and flight instructor certificate with the applicable category and class rating; and
(2) If appropriate, a type rating.​

It says a CFI can't train in a twin. Is a BFR considered training?

On a tangent, if all I have is a CFI, and I've got a 757 type rating, can I teach on a 757?

 

[rframe]

It says a CFI can't train in a twin. Is a BFR considered training?

14 CFR 61.56
Flight review.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (f) of this section, a flight review consists of a minimum of 1 hour of flight training and 1 hour of ground training. The review must include...

On a tangent, if all I have is a CFI, and I've got a 757 type rating, can I teach on a 757?

I know next to nothing about 121 operations and how check pilots are qualified, but if this were a part 91 757, then no you could not provide training in a 757 unless you held an MEI.

 

[Chief Captain]

Well don't I feel silly now. Thanks

 

[TwoTwoLeft]

On a tangent, if all I have is a CFI, and I've got a 757 type rating, can I teach on a 757?

If you're typed and hold an ATP, yes. You don't even need to be a CFI.

In the case of the 75, if you were PIC typed more than likely you would also have ATP AMEL privileges as well. Assuming your company would want you to be able to ACT as PIC...

 

[Chief Captain]

If you're typed and hold an ATP, yes. You don't even need to be a CFI.

In the case of the 75, if you were PIC typed more than likely you would also have ATP AMEL privileges as well. Assuming your company would want you to be able to ACT as PIC...

I was thinking more about part 91 ops. I don't believe an ATP is sufficient to teach under part 91. I believe it's limited to "air carrier" ops.

 

[TwoTwoLeft]

I was thinking more about part 91 ops. I don't believe an ATP is sufficient to teach under part 91. I believe it's limited to "air carrier" ops.

It's referred to "air transportation service", not "air carrier".... But that is the limitation that sets apart the ATP teaching privilege and CFI.

Now what exactly is "air transportation service"? Technically, that could be done under 91, 121 or 135...




§ 61.167 Airline transport pilot privileges and limitations.
(a) Privileges. (1) A person who holds an airline transport pilot certificate is entitled to the same privileges as a person who holds a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating.

(2) A person who holds an airline transport pilot certificate and has met the aeronautical experience requirements of § 61.159 and the age requirements of § 61.153(a)(1) of this part may instruct—

(i) Other pilots in air transportation service in aircraft of the category, class, and type, as applicable, for which the airline transport pilot is rated and endorse the logbook or other training record of the person to whom training has been given;

(ii) In flight simulators, and flight training devices representing the aircraft referenced in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, when instructing under the provisions of this section and endorse the logbook or other training record of the person to whom training has been given;

(iii) Only as provided in this section, except that an airline transport pilot who also holds a flight instructor certificate can exercise the instructor privileges under subpart H of this part for which he or she is rated; and

(iv) In an aircraft, only if the aircraft has functioning dual controls, when instructing under the provisions of this section.




Subpart H—Flight Instructors Other than Flight Instructors With a Sport Pilot Rating


§ 61.195 Flight instructor limitations and qualifications.

(b) Aircraft Ratings. A flight instructor may not conduct flight training in any aircraft for which the flight instructor does not hold:

(1) A pilot certificate and flight instructor certificate with the applicable category and class rating; and

(2) If appropriate, a type rating.

 

[Chief Captain]

Here's a scenario. You're a 757 pilot for an airline. Your friend John Travolta decides to get a 757. I don't believe you can teach him without being an instructor.

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

Here's a scenario. You're a 757 pilot for an airline. Your friend John Travolta decides to get a 757. I don't believe you can teach him without being an instructor.

That's correct.

Unless, of course, your airline wants to hire him as a pilot and you are an instructor in the airline's training program.