jetcareers - View Single Post - Balancing experience vs. risk in flight schools

ElyJs · March 1st, 2008, 21:23

Student Pilots = CFI limitations

W/ CFI = Whatever the CFI chooses with in regs

Private, Inst, Comm = Guided by insurance but as a flight school owner I would want the weather to be as good as possible, as a pilot I would want as little regulation as possible. Honestly as a business owner running a flight school with probably tight margins I would say a pilot can't go, lose an hour of revenue rather than send someone on a flight that has 5x the risk. A risk vs reward scenario I guess.

McAir Aviation in Denver does exactly this and prohibits mountain flying. Are their students and instructors missing out on valuable experience? Yes. Would I rent their very nice airplanes for anything other than a training flight? No. I do however understand their reasoning and respect that longterm it is probably better for their business.

March 1st, 2008, 21:23	#10
ElyJs Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 278	Re: Balancing experience vs. risk in flight schools Student Pilots = CFI limitations W/ CFI = Whatever the CFI chooses with in regs Private, Inst, Comm = Guided by insurance but as a flight school owner I would want the weather to be as good as possible, as a pilot I would want as little regulation as possible. Honestly as a business owner running a flight school with probably tight margins I would say a pilot can't go, lose an hour of revenue rather than send someone on a flight that has 5x the risk. A risk vs reward scenario I guess. McAir Aviation in Denver does exactly this and prohibits mountain flying. Are their students and instructors missing out on valuable experience? Yes. Would I rent their very nice airplanes for anything other than a training flight? No. I do however understand their reasoning and respect that longterm it is probably better for their business.