Safety over schedule
No lesson objective, booking, or cost takes priority over a safe decision.
Fly With Angus policies
Clear expectations. Better training.
Straightforward policies for scheduling, cancellations, weather, payment, aircraft responsibilities, and safe flight training.
Version 1.0 · Effective July 27, 2026
The short version
Communication, preparation, and safety come first.
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Keep me informed
Contact me promptly when plans, weather, or aircraft availability change.
Arrive ready
Bring the required documents, preparation, and equipment for the lesson.
Never force a flight
A lesson can be changed or stopped whenever safety requires it.
How these policies work
Simple rules, applied reasonably.
These policies are intended to make training predictable while leaving room for the realities of aviation. Weather changes, airplanes break, and genuine emergencies happen. Good communication matters more than rigid box-checking.
No surprise charges
Any applicable rate or cancellation charge will be communicated through the booking process or directly before it is incurred.
Training stays flexible
When flying is not practical, a lesson may be delayed, modified, or converted to useful ground instruction.
Scheduling
Your booking reserves instructor time.
Flight and ground instruction is available by appointment and subject to instructor availability.
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Booking a lesson
- Students should use the Fly With Angus booking system unless another arrangement has been made.
- A Fly With Angus booking reserves instructor availability only unless the booking specifically states otherwise.
- Aircraft rental, club reservations, airport access, and other third-party arrangements remain the student's responsibility unless expressly arranged by Fly With Angus.
- Students should allow enough time before a lesson to complete required planning and preparation.
Cancellations & no-shows
Plans change. Communication is what matters.
Cancel or reschedule as soon as you know you cannot make a lesson. Earlier notice gives that time back to another student.
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Student cancellations
Any cancellation charge applicable to a booking is available to view in the Cancellation and Payment Policy. Genuine emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered individually.
A student who expects to be late should contact me as soon as practical. The lesson may still need to end at its original time when another appointment follows.
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No-shows
A no-show is a missed appointment without reasonable advance notice. No-shows may incur fees, view more in the Cancellation and Payment Policy.
Weather & operations
Legal does not always mean suitable.
Training decisions consider the student, lesson objectives, aircraft, airport, weather, and reasonable safety margins — not regulatory minimums alone.
Weather changes
A flight may be delayed, relocated, shortened, converted to ground instruction, or canceled when conditions are unsuitable.
Aircraft availability
Maintenance, discrepancies, scheduling conflicts, or aircraft condition may change a planned lesson with little notice.
No pressure to launch
Students will not be pressured to fly in conditions they are uncomfortable accepting, and the instructor may decline a flight whenever safety warrants.
Make the time useful
When practical, a canceled flight can become ground instruction covering planning, systems, regulations, weather, or another training objective.
Aircraft & third parties
The airplane and the instruction are separate.
Unless expressly agreed otherwise, students arrange legal access to an appropriate aircraft for training.
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Student responsibilities
- Confirm the owner or operator permits the requested training and instruction by Fly With Angus.
- Meet applicable checkout, membership, rental, scheduling, operating, and insurance requirements.
- Ensure required aircraft records and maintenance information can be made available when needed.
- Comply with rules imposed by aircraft owners, rental operators, FBOs, flying clubs, airports, and other third parties.
Instructor discretion
I may decline to operate or instruct in an aircraft when I have concerns about its condition, documentation, loading, fuel, equipment, limitations, or another safety issue.
Fees & payment
Pay for instruction, not hidden extras.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, Fly With Angus fees cover instructional services only.
Payment terms
Payment is due after each appointment.
Current rates are established by the Fly With Angus fee schedule or the price shown when the service is booked. Accounts that become overdue may need to be brought current before additional training is scheduled.
Unless expressly included, students pay third parties directly for:
Safety & fitness for flight
Either person can stop the lesson.
A safe training environment depends on honest communication, good judgment, and immediate respect for a stop decision.
Safety first
Do not fly impaired, unwell, or unprepared.
Students should not participate in flight training when alcohol, drugs, fatigue, illness, injury, medication effects, severe emotional distress, or another condition could impair safe performance.
The instructor may stop a maneuver, direct a go-around, change the operation, take control, terminate a flight, or decline to continue training when necessary for safety.
Positive exchange of controls
When aircraft control is transferred, both people should use clear positive exchange-of-controls procedures whenever practicable.
Questions before a lesson?
Ask before you guess.
If weather, aircraft availability, scheduling, or a policy is unclear, get in touch before the appointment.