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Doesn't explain much.

This is quite ridiculous. You're never going to be violated for cancelling flight following after being asked to report somewhere. ATC does not give that much of a damn. ATC: "N1234, amendment to your routing per XYZ Approach letter of agreement: Fly heading 080, when able proceed direct...

Do you happen to know if you're in a Part 141 program? What is the FAA looking for on the SODA? If you were my student, my first priority would be to get you past that potential obstacle so that you can complete the remainder of your training with the assurance you can obtain a medical and thus...

Out of curiosity, what is the time span in which you obtained those 50 hours? 3 months? 1 year? 2 years?

It's not that I'm looking for a particular answer; I'm just explaining my point and asking people for their opinions. If they contradict mine, so be it. In a Part 141 environment where a student is not due for a phase check, and the student has booked me for training on a particular lesson, I...

And that's where your assumption is wrong, sir.

Has anyone ever been violated for terminating flight following with a pending "report X" request from ATC? The need to comply with the instruction is contingent upon the pilot's continuation of flight following, which is not required. A courteous pilot would provide his current position at the...

Not interested in metaphorically (or literally) burning down the school. Never was. There are a lot of points being made here by people who have no idea what they're talking about. I'll save time and just leave it at that.

Definitely ok particularly when the radar is inoperative ;)

I'm a CFI on a 1099 -- ie. I'm an independent contractor. I don't know how one could be an independent contractor on a W-2, so I thought it was clear in the original post. This state is a right to work, at-will employment state. The question isn't whether or not they chose not to call me...

It is certainly one of the more unusual requests you'd hear on a VFR cross country flight, but as this story proves, it can happen. Since Jamestown (JHW) is almost directly along a direct flight path from IAG-IDI, your method of estimating when you're 7 miles south of it using the GPS would be...

Certainly does, but the student wouldn't be texting me about how much fun he had on L1 and L2, wouldn't have scheduled me again if he didn't like something I did, and wouldn't have asked me why I "couldn't make the lesson" on his last reservation if he had filed a complaint against me. I...

I agree. See my above response. Additionally, I would have had no problem with a phone call or text with what you mentioned being the reasoning for a reassignment. The reasoning I was given was that they wanted to ensure I was fully complying with the school syllabus, which makes no sense. It...

That is a good thought. The student is new, but I was clear about when I needed to leave. The student wanted to train with me, and the manager wanted me to train him, so everyone was on the same page. The student is back on my schedule again. Will those reservations be reassigned to another...

The story is as black and white as it gets. If you have additional questions I'm happy to answer them. I was just seeking out others who may have been put into similar situations and seeing how they handled it.

I am well aware of this, too. Our state has a test to determine whether or not a business can consider a worker an independent contractor, and I fail 90% of the criteria working for this company. I fail greater than 75% of the criteria the IRS uses to accomplish the same thing. I am not out...

I appreciate your perspective.

Are you an independent contractor for that company? When a student cancels on an instructor within 24 hours, they require them to pay us a $45 cancellation fee. And yes, with a policy that does not allow me to fly for other companies, 1.4 hours does make a difference. The school had no reason...

No, that is not the case at all. The management signed me on in May knowing full well I needed to leave in September. It was supposed to be a very smooth arrangement, where I'd work a few hours a week for them, but I've been treated like crap ever since I signed on. This is the first instance...

I am an independent contractor CFI for a flight school that manages its reservations using an online scheduling system. Students schedule the school's aircraft and a listed instructor like me at will. I set my availability in the scheduling application. When a student books me for a flight, I...