Can one start and finish there private pilots licence training with a CFI not associated with a school?

Question

If so what other certificates are obtainable. I live 60 miles from the nearest school in Arizona. Thanks!

Answer 1

Yup, it's called freelancing and it's perfectly legal. You can have freelance instructors sign off instruction for any certificate or rating that their CFI certificate allows them to sign off.

It's done all the time.

GADO? Now that's dating you. I took my CFI ride at the local GADO as well. It's called a FSDO now, but it's the same building with the same stuff going on in there now that was happening then. In those days, the FAA didn't allow CFI rides to be taken with a designated examiner. It had to be with a Fed. (That's how my hair started tuning gray in my early twenties.)

Answer 2

Yes you can as long as you meet the requirements of FAR Part 61 there is no need for the CFI to be affiliated with a traditional "flight school". The CFI will need to be properly certificated by the FAA. Who will be providing the aircraft? If you own the aircraft no problem the aircraft will need to have a current annual airworthiness inspection and thats it. If the CFI is providing the aircraft it will also need in addition to the annual inspection a 100 hour inspection every 100 hours of operation following the annual inspection. Go get a current copy of the FAR/AIM everything you need to know will be contained within, also check out www.aopa.org and www.asf.org both great websites

Answer 3

When I got my Private License it was from a CFII at the local airport... we had such a small airport they didn't even have a FBO.  Anyway, he took me all the way through Instrument and I never once sat foot in any school... I did fly down to the nearest GADO office to take the flight tests, however.. but that was all.

Answer 4

Yes.  People do it all the time.

Answer 5

Yes, that's how plenty of pilots get trained.  That's how I got  Private, Commercial, Instrument, CFI-A,  CFI-I, and ATP-SE training.

Answer 6

Yes you can as long as you meet the Aeronautical Experience requirements mandated under 14 CFR Part 61. Just look in your FAR/AIM. If you have any questions feel free to contact your nearest FSDO(Flight Standards District Office)

Here's some good links:  www.aopa.org  www.faa.gov

The FAA website will have a list of all the FARS

Answer 7

I instruct using my airplane, have no school I am affiliated with.

Tell me what city, and I will give you some names and contact numbers of an "Independent" Instructor in your area.

If the Instructor is properly rated they can take you from sport, recreation, private, commercial,  multi- engine pilot, instrument rated, Flight instructor,   ATP (Airline Transport Pilot)

Answer 8

One can do whatever he wants for entertainment (privately, secretly), however, learning flying with a CFI not recognized with FAA (in US) and DGCA (in India, for example) would be illegal.All such certificates would not be valid, which are not recognized by the civil aviation department in any country. Without a legal flying license your flying will be deemed illegal & punishable act.