Originally Posted by
rickair7777
MOD INPUT: Let's steer clear of general political discussion and stick to the specifics of the aviation issue here.
Yeah, sorry about that...it's just my $0.02 that the current political mess in California created the need for alternative revenues ( = non tax).
I don't know how California plans to enforce this, either. It seems like the INTENT here is to get firms that take large chunks of students' money up front to straighten up and fly right—not saying that these firms don't yet do this, but I can think of a few places (Silver State!) where folks paid for something they didn't get. The side effect is that a lot of folks are gonna get caught up as a side effect.
“Individual flight instructors not having an established place of business other than their residence also were fully exempted from the Reform Act provided they do not negotiate formal contracts of indebtedness or require any advance payments. Exemptions from some, but not all, provisions of the Reform Act also were provided for Flight instruction schools certified by the Federal Aviation Administration that were operating in California on December 31, 1990.”
So I read that as: if you are a 141/142 operator certificated prior to December 31, 1990, or a freelancer, you need not pay, as long as you don't make your students borrow money.