Beware of "pink" licenses!
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:12 am
I thought I'd share something with potential learner drivers which caught me out when my 17 year old daughter was learning to drive.
When you phone a driving school to arrarnge lessons you may make the asusmption that you will be put in contact with a fully qualified ADI. As I found out to my annoyance, this might not actually be the case.
You could be assigned a PDI (basically a trainee instructor). If this is the case, you'll be charged the same fee, adn although the instructor's status os denoted by his pink license, he may not necessarily volunteer this information unless asked.
I realise everyone has to learn, and I have no problem with trainee instructors. However, I do have a problem with being charged the full fee for lessons from someone who is not fully qualified. In my case, it made me very angry to find out accidentally when my daighter told me about the instructor's "supervisor" who attended one of her lessons. It was only a bit of probing on my part that revealed she was being taught by someone who was not yet a fully qualified instructor. She isn't any more...
The moral of the story: don't assume anything and make sure you check your instructor's paperwork before handing over any payment!
When you phone a driving school to arrarnge lessons you may make the asusmption that you will be put in contact with a fully qualified ADI. As I found out to my annoyance, this might not actually be the case.
You could be assigned a PDI (basically a trainee instructor). If this is the case, you'll be charged the same fee, adn although the instructor's status os denoted by his pink license, he may not necessarily volunteer this information unless asked.
I realise everyone has to learn, and I have no problem with trainee instructors. However, I do have a problem with being charged the full fee for lessons from someone who is not fully qualified. In my case, it made me very angry to find out accidentally when my daighter told me about the instructor's "supervisor" who attended one of her lessons. It was only a bit of probing on my part that revealed she was being taught by someone who was not yet a fully qualified instructor. She isn't any more...
The moral of the story: don't assume anything and make sure you check your instructor's paperwork before handing over any payment!