If there are any other active flight instructors on here (Brett) I have a question of etiquette for you.
Over the years i have conducted Biennial Flight Reviews for numerous pilots of various skill levels.
My average BFR consists of about 1 hour of ground instruction over the minimum required stuff (Part 61 / 91, stall spin awareness etc etc) the flight portion consiss of at least 3 takeoffs and landings, one without flaps with a slip. In flight we do steep turns, slow flight, power on and off stalls, engine out procedures, VOR tracking and basic pilotage to a nearby airport.
Most of the pilots i conduct BFRs for have a fair amount of recent experience... some of them only fly a couple of hours per month... others fly hundreds of hours per year.
I was contacted recently by a pilot who had not flown in about 15 years who wants want to get a "quick BFR done one day this week" and get current.
his motivation for getting back into aviation after such a long hiatus is so that he can fly to one of the busiest fly-in / air show events in the region.
i admit to my discomfort in putting my name into the logbook of an individual who has been out of the aviation game for so long... especially when they appear to be in a hurry to get it done and especially when they want to fly PIC into a very busy and congested air-show fly in environment.
I have brought a few pilots back from the dead so to speak. Friends of mine who have been out of aviation for 20 years. But i made it very clear to them that i recommend about 1 hour for every 2 years they were out of the game.
this most recent guy insists that it is something he can knock out in about an hour... even with 15 years of rust. :-/
question of etiquette is: how do i tell this guy that im not interested in conducting his BFR and that he should find himself some other CFI who is willing to affix his name to the logbook certifying this man's proficiency??
the last thing i want is for him to fly into this congested airspace and bend metal or break a regulation etc and the feds come asking me about it.
which begs another question - i freely admit after nearly 10 years of flight instructing that dont know the answer to - what liability if any does a flight instructor face if he conducts a BFR for an individual and days or weeks later the individual royally screws the pooch by busting a regulation, entering a temporary flight restriction, breaking an airplane or someone's private property or worse injuring or killing someone?
not that i necessarily imagine this guy will do those things, but he is in a hurry as this fly-in date is looming, and IMHO we have a lot of work to do to get him up to snuff and it sounds like more work than im willing to take time out of my schedule to do.
what would you do?