On 8 Aug 2005 19:07:19 -0700, wrote:

It's cheaper just to keep the FBO's instructor in the airplane during
your rental (they'll require a checkout no matter what) so the CFI is
the PIC and the FBO's insurance handles the flight(s).

All the best,
Rick

I agree it's cheaper but when I flew from Las Vegas in 2004 (with a
CFI) they insisted I took all the responsibility and I had to
initial/sign about 2 pages of 'get ot clauses'.