Flight instructing without a medical?

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I just got a new flight instructor who is in the process (due to a medical condition) of getting a new medical, and as of right now as I understand it, he doesn't have one.

Is there some regulation I'm not thinking of that would allow him to do that? He's going to be teaching me for my CFI license, and the school (UND) wants me to sign a legal document stating that I would be PIC for all flights (haven't seen it, or signed it yet).

School said this is standard stuff, but it just seems fishy/weird to me. Any thoughts/opinions?
 
Nothing fishy about this. A medical is required to act as pilot in command. UND policy states that the instructor is PIC so the school is asking you to become PIC since the flight instructor is not able to legally act as PIC. Nothing would really change in the aircraft or your lessons.
 
A CFI can provide flight instruction without a medical as long as the person being instructed is fully qualified to act as PIC for a given aircraft/situation (ie be current and appropriately rated for the aircraft category/class/type, and instrument current in the case of CFII)
 
Yup. All correct. As long as the pilot getting dual is ABLE to act as PIC (IE rated in category and class), you're golden. Thus a CFI could not give a pre-private student instruction (that student could not act as PIC...not rated), that same CFI could certainly give pre-commerical instruction.


Richman
 
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