RE: AMA certified instructors
The intor pilot program is a TOTALY optional thing started up just a few years ago...
No club needs to participate in it AT ALL in order to have club certified flight instructors.
No AMA member has to ever deal with the paperwork of the program...
It has very little to do witht he subject of instructor certification or qulification.
The intro pilot program is simply an insurance documentation and extension program... nothing more.