I'm working on my IFR in my own plane and in a corporate plane. I use
the same instructor in both. My insurance company didn't care that I
was doing that training in it. In fact, they offered a discount after
I finish it and get the certificate.

I suspect your friendly school just want to rent their planes. Go
find an independent. Probably just as good instruction and almost
definitely better price. In the three/four schools I've had inside
dealings with -- I almost couldn't believe the cut the school gets off
the "instructor's fee". It should be criminal!!!

Oh, and make sure you call the school back to let them know what
you've done and why. The idiots will only stop their stupidity when
shown the results...



Chuck




On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:11:16 -0500, Scott Migaldi
wrote:

Now that I am an aircraft owner I wanted to do some training in my
aircraft before I take it up into IMC. I have been doing the typical VFR
types of drills on my own, stalls, slow flight TO/landings, I even shot
some approaches in VFR but not under the hood to make sure all the
gizmos worked. Now I want to be under the hood with a CFII to do some
approaches, holds, DME arc, and unusual attitudes. I contacted a local
flight school to set up an appointment time with an instructor. All was
fine until they asked which of their planes I would be in. I told them I
would be in my own plane and that was the point of all of this. They
stated they did not do any training, BFRs, or IPCs in a non-school
aircraft as their insurance would not cover them.

Since I am the PIC and it is my airplane is it not my insurance that
covers the flight? has anyone else run into this before?