Chas
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Making Freelance CFI\'s Outlaws...
There is a pending ordinance change at my home airport (St. George, UT) that will restrict all commercial activities that do not comply with "minimum commercial standards" as outlined by the airport manager. These requirements state in part that no freelance flight instruction may take place. It must be done by a entity who meets all of the requirements below.
1. Buisness licence.
2. Specific authorization from the airport advisory board to operate as a flight school.
3. Office space of at least 900sq. feet which must be attended at least 8 hours a day during normal buisness hours, M-F.
4. Insurance requirments of : Aircraft Liability: $1,000,000 CSL, Public Liability and Property Damage: $1,000,000 CSL, Products Liability/Completed Operations $1,000,000 CSL, Student and Renters Liability $100,000 CSL, Worker's Compensation Employer's Liability : Statutory Limit.
5. Own or lease at least two aircraft for flight instruction and rental.
There are more but these are the big ones. So at sgu, you won't be able to go to your buddy for a flight review. If aircraft owners want any kind of instruction, they have to go to the FBO and use their airplanes and CFI.
Whether or not they can enforce this is another issue. The airport manager is very adamate about this though. His intent in his own words are "to make this a bigger and better airport". He has only been the manager @ sgu for a few months (he previously managed KCOD) . The airport advisory board has approved all of this (big suprise ) and has submitted it to the FAA and the City counsel for review.
Most of my flying comes from freelancing. I do not own, lease, or rent any aircraft or property. I do occasionaly contract to another flight school, but they too will be no more after this. Aircraft owners come to me for instruction, and this BS if it passes will put me out of buisness. There are two other freelance CFI's that I know of at sgu. One of the other "bandits" is a 37,000 hour retired UAL 747 cpt. who instructs as a hobby in his very nice 172 and just charges to cover the cost of operating the plane. We and our students have perfect safety records, no enforcement actions, etc... This is not a safety issue. There is someone with a terrible safety record though, it was the FBO and fortunately they are no more. But this ordinance is aimed to screw the little guys and send all the buisness to the 'new' FBO.
Is this kind of thing going on at any other airports?
Comments?
P.S. Anyone fly out of COD?
There is a pending ordinance change at my home airport (St. George, UT) that will restrict all commercial activities that do not comply with "minimum commercial standards" as outlined by the airport manager. These requirements state in part that no freelance flight instruction may take place. It must be done by a entity who meets all of the requirements below.
1. Buisness licence.
2. Specific authorization from the airport advisory board to operate as a flight school.
3. Office space of at least 900sq. feet which must be attended at least 8 hours a day during normal buisness hours, M-F.
4. Insurance requirments of : Aircraft Liability: $1,000,000 CSL, Public Liability and Property Damage: $1,000,000 CSL, Products Liability/Completed Operations $1,000,000 CSL, Student and Renters Liability $100,000 CSL, Worker's Compensation Employer's Liability : Statutory Limit.
5. Own or lease at least two aircraft for flight instruction and rental.
There are more but these are the big ones. So at sgu, you won't be able to go to your buddy for a flight review. If aircraft owners want any kind of instruction, they have to go to the FBO and use their airplanes and CFI.
Whether or not they can enforce this is another issue. The airport manager is very adamate about this though. His intent in his own words are "to make this a bigger and better airport". He has only been the manager @ sgu for a few months (he previously managed KCOD) . The airport advisory board has approved all of this (big suprise ) and has submitted it to the FAA and the City counsel for review.
Most of my flying comes from freelancing. I do not own, lease, or rent any aircraft or property. I do occasionaly contract to another flight school, but they too will be no more after this. Aircraft owners come to me for instruction, and this BS if it passes will put me out of buisness. There are two other freelance CFI's that I know of at sgu. One of the other "bandits" is a 37,000 hour retired UAL 747 cpt. who instructs as a hobby in his very nice 172 and just charges to cover the cost of operating the plane. We and our students have perfect safety records, no enforcement actions, etc... This is not a safety issue. There is someone with a terrible safety record though, it was the FBO and fortunately they are no more. But this ordinance is aimed to screw the little guys and send all the buisness to the 'new' FBO.
Is this kind of thing going on at any other airports?
Comments?
P.S. Anyone fly out of COD?