Originally Posted by
727flteng
I'd be willing to bet if you just talk to your students about it, they would be willing to go an extra .3 or .4 to get that XC in THIER logbook as well, especially if they are planning on making flying a career. If they are, they will need the 500 XC also.
Good idea. I'm sure career oriented students would be 100% behind this idea.
For the other students, you could actually discuss this situation with them and see if they would be willing to go a few extra tenths. This is not entirely unreasonable since a career-oriented CFI's PRIMARY compensation is the flight experience needed to move on. If you're freelance you may more flexibility, including the option of discounting some of the instructor time involved.
But ethically it's a no-go to make significant changes to student training profiles, without the student's knowledge, just because the ATP reg changed. That's not their fault or their problem.
Plan B: Go do 135 night freight at 1200 hours.