Originally Posted by
120PC
So with that being said, of course I would let him know when I was going to fly first. That just seems like common courtsey. To be honest though, and I know I might get some **** for this, if he said no and the weather was really nice I might just do it anyways and not tell him ONLY if he couldn't be held liable for my actions. I would never knowingly put someone on the line like that.
So, new question: If the only restrictions he gives me are weather related and I fly without telling him or after he said no; could he be held liable for my actions?
Yes, you'll catch **** for ^^^ that. You don't have a private pilot certificate, and as a student pilot, you are flying on your instructor's ticket. I had a student do that to me a few years ago, I found out that he had flown without telling me in marginal weather, and when I asked him about it, he responded with "You don't have to babysit me, I know how to fly". I put big Xs on his logbook where my endorsements were, put VOID next to the X and told him to find another instructor.
Yes, a CFI is liable for your actions while you have his solo endorsement. Weather is a limitation. Don't ruin your professional relationship with instructor by doing something like this. It'll make you look like a douche. As a pilot, you don't go around the rules when it's convenient, you follow them. In this case, the CFI made the rules. As I said before, if you don't like his rules - find another CFI.
As a CFI, if I can't trust my students to do something as basic as telling me when they are up in the air, I am not going to have them flying around with my endorsement. It is part of bad "aeronautical decision making". What are you going to do when you "don't tell your instructor that you're flying" and then have a runway incursion?!
P.s. if you have 20 hours of solo already to include 5 hours local SOLO + 5 hours SOLO cross-country, then you don't need any more solo time. Focus on the checkride prep.