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Instructor Membership Information

Instructor Members are members of CSA who provide primary instruction and club checkouts for CSA members. They also give scenic rides to non-members.

In return for providing this service to CSA:

• CSA dues are waived.
• Instructor Members may fly club gliders for their own use under the same terms as Regular members.
• Instructor Members are not required to be Ground Operations Director.

CSA requires Instructor Members to:

• complete a membership application and submit a resume and a letter of understanding about committing to the duty requirements before flying with CSA as an instructor. You may submit the resume and letter via e-mail to csa_board[-at-]soarcsa.org.
• receive board authorization before beginning an instructor checkout. The checkout will be by a CSA board designated examiner. Non-members may not receive nor give flight instruction.
• be a current CFI-G.
• commit to be at Owl Canyon Gliderport during normal operating hours to give rides and instruction at least 2 days every 4 weeks. Normal operating hours are 9 am to 6 pm weekend days and holidays.
• charge for ground and flight instruction at a pre-arranged rate. Payment for instruction given is between the instructor and the student. CSA will not collect instruction fees.
• join initially as a Regular Member, including payment of the initiation fee. The applicant must maintain the regular membership for a minimum of three months, at which time, he/she can convert to Instructor Member status and is eligible to "fly off the initiation fee" after 6 months satisfactory performance. If the decision to convert to Instructor Member status is not made prior to one year after joining, the initiation fee shall be forfeited by the applicant.
• pay for their own proficiency flights, except each instructor member may take up to three flights per year at CSA expense to retain 90-day currency.
• perform a yearly CSA proficiency check with the CSA Chief Flight Instructor

FAST (Fly A Sailplane Today) flights

• Instructor Members will be paid $10 by CSA for each FAST flight and each half hour of ground school given.

Scenic Rides

• Instructor Members will be paid $10 by CSA for each scenic ride given. Scenic rides should be a minimum of 20 minutes. Rides longer than the minimum on a soaring day are encouraged if the schedule permits.
• Insurance requirements are different for giving rides, so make sure you’re approved for rides in the specific glider.
• Scenic rides may not be given in Experimental aircraft.

Liability

• Instructor Members are subject to the same damage assessment as other members if they are responsible for damage to club equipment.

Voting Privileges, etc.

• Instructor Members are not entitled to vote.
• This information is also applicable to members of other CSA membership categories who are CSA Instructors.

Updated 01/14/2011