Payment Policy
With increasing government pressure to protect consumers, banks and credit card merchant banks have continued to increase fees to us and have also increased the amount of time it takes for the money to go from your bank to our bank ( 4 to 7 days).
In order to keep our CFI Renewal rates as low as possible, we have resorted to the old fashioned method of "Check or Money Order ". We no longer accept credit cards.
To avoid any confusion or misunderstandings, here are our Payment Requirements:
1. Your check (or money order, no cash please) needs to arrive at our business 48 Hours prior to the Seminar or Webinar. ("The Check's in the mail", doesn't work.) The check or money order must be made payable to:
| "AVSeminars, Inc." in the amount of $96 | |||||||
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2. If you wish to pay by Money Order at the seminar site and you have preregistered, you will receive your Graduation Certificate and Temporary Airman's Certificate before leaving the seminar site.
3. If you pay by Check at the seminar site, you will receive your Graduation Certificate, however, your Temporary Airman's Certificate will not be sent to you until your check clears our bank. (Be aware that your Graduation Certificate acts as your CFI License up to 120 Days until you receive your Temporary Airman's Certificate or your Plastic License. Your 120 Day clock on your Temporary Certificate begins ticking simultaneously with your Graduation Certificate. If the 120 Day Clock expires without receiving your Plastic License from the FAA, your CFI License expires and you will need to retake the flight portion of your CFI priviledges. AVSeminars has NEVER experienced this sort of paperwork error.)
4. If you have not preregistered, the CFI Renewal cost is $116 by Check or Money Order payable at the seminar site and you will be sent your Graduation Certificate and Temporary Airman's Certificate by mail when your check clears our bank. If this is paid by Money Order at the seminar site, your Graduation Certificate and Temporary Airman's Certificate will be sent within 48 hours following the end of the seminar.
5. If your check does not clear our bank for any reason, you will be charged $45 and you will be expected to send us a replacement check to cover the original cost of $96 + $45 ($141). If you registered at the seminar site, the charges are $116 + $45 ($161) and neither your Graduation Certificate (or Certficate of Attendance, if you do not require a Temporary Airman's Certificate) nor your Temporary Airman's Certificate will be sent until all costs have been paid.
We apologize if these conditions appear onerous, but we work very hard to present the very best, possible, FIRC. In addition to the fact that these are the best possible good practices. And last, but not least, CFIs of character and integrity do the "right thing".