Originally Posted by
R_Strowe
In the case of your school course credit, your instructor only had to have either the BGI (Basic Ground Instructor), AGI(Advanced Ground Instructor), or maybe the IGI(Instrument Ground Instructor). None of these instructor ratings require any flight time, a commercial certificate or a medical. The 1 requirement of holding a CFI(or higher) is a Commercial Certificate and a MINIMUM of a 2nd Class medical. But holding just a Commercial/SEL/MEL/etc does not give anyone the authority to sign off a candidate for a certificate or eating. And the 107 certificate is meant for Commercial operations, yet a Commercial-rated pilot has no extra authority to give instruction than a private pilot does. (I’ll leave out the ATP exemption because that’ll needlessly muddy the water and has no application here).
R_Strowe
He may have only needed a BGI cert but, in his case, he was checked out to teach in the C150, 152 and 172. I didn't hear of anyone that actually took the FAA test or got in their hours so I'm assuming none actually ended up with a license. Heaven knows, I'd love to have one now as it would save me serious time commuting to work when I have to drive roughly 45 miles each way as compared to only driving 6 miles to the local airport and fly to work in half the time, if not less. Only issue is I'd need an instrument rating since I'd be flying to and/or from work in the dark on any given day