Originally Posted by JollyPopper

Instruction in RC has traditionally been free, usually with the instructor and the student becoming good friends. When someone decides to charge for instruction, he has put it on a business basis and, as such, I would have an agreement, in writing, that for that $40.00/hr., the instructor would be responsible for any damage sustained to the plane. This would be regardless of whether on a buddy cord or just standing alongside verbally coaching. It's a business, remember?.. And that sounds like a good business practice to me.