Before instructing our members in our airplane, a CFI must secure permission from our Board of Directors to do so. We call this permission process "becoming Club-approved".

To become Club-approved, the CFI must:

1. Affirm in writing that he or the flight school employing him will provide CFI insurance that covers him while he conducts flight instruction for our member in our airplane;
2. Receive a briefing from a Club Director over our Club By-Laws and Operating Procedures;
3. Be voted into Club-approved status by a majority of our Board of Directors.

The briefing is pretty simple:

• It covers basic aspects of how our club operates, to the extent a CFI instructing our member needs to know them.
• It lists the privileges a Club-approved CFI has with respect to operation of our airplane.
• It details the currency requirements a Club-approved CFI must meet whenever he actually conducts flight instruction in our airplane.
• It explains the check rides a Club-approved CFI can expect to administer to our members.

The Board vote occurs after the Club receives the insurance affirmation and conducts the briefing.

Club-approved status expires six months after the last time the CFI instructs in our airplane. The renewal process is exactly the same as the initial application process.

That's all there is to it.

Revised March 20, 2006