A FLT SCHOOL OPERATOR RPTS ASSIGNED ALT AND HDG EXCURSIONS; WHILE RIDING WITH 2 RENTERS FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. THE PLTS WERE NOT PROFICIENT AND DID NOT HAVE THE CURRENT CHARTS AS THEY HAD CLAIMED.

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I ARRIVED TO THE ARPT (CALDWELL ESSEX; NJ) AN HR EARLY. IN ORDER TO 'KILL TIME;' I WENT TO THE GYM FOR AN HR. AS I ARRIVED FOR THE ESTIMATED TIME OF DEP; I COULD TELL THAT THE 2 MEN I WAS FLYING WITH WERE IN A REAL RUSH TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESS APPOINTMENT IN WILMINGTON; DE. BOTH MEN HAD FLOWN C182'S. BTWN THE TWO OF THEM; THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE 300 HRS IN THE PLANE. I FELT RATHER ASSURED OF AN EASY FLT. THE REASON I WAS FLYING WITH THEM WAS BECAUSE OF INSURANCE REASONS. THEY HADN'T RENTED FROM MY SCHOOL WITHIN 90 DAYS. BEFORE WE TAXIED; I ASKED THEM IF THEIR SECTIONALS AND OTHER AIDES WERE CURRENT. THEY RESPONDED YES AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY. WE CONTACTED NY APCH AND WERE ENRTE AT 4500 FT. I SAT R SEAT AND QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THE PLT WASN'T PROFICIENT AT ALL. THE TOPS OF THE CLOUDS WERE STARTING TO RISE FROM BENEATH US AND THE SCATTERED LAYER WAS NOW BROKEN. I CALLED FOR AN IFR CLRNC AND; AFTER A SLIGHT DELAY; IT WAS GIVEN TO US. THE PLT'S INST SCAN WAS POOR. WE DEVED ALT 500 FT AT ONE POINT AND HDG VARIED 30 DEGS! I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO INSTRUCT THE HARD HEADED PLT. NEEDLESS TO SAY; THE NY SECTIONAL WAS A YR OLD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN AFD OR A WASHINGTON SECTIONAL (WHERE WILMINGTON IS LOCATED). THE PLT ASKED THE CTLR FOR THE ILS RWY 1 APCH. HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN APCH PLATE! HE GOT THE FREQ FROM A FAC DIRECTORY. WE GOT VECTORS TO FINAL. MOST OF THE APCH WAS DONE VISUAL; YET WE HAD FULL SCALE DEFLECTION BY THE TIME I SAW THE ARPT. THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE OTHER PLT FLEW US BACK TO CALDWELL; AND IT WAS PRETTY UNEVENTFUL. THERE WAS AN ALTDEV OF 200 FT BEFORE I TOOK IT AND RECOVERED. ON THE WAY DOWN TO DE; THE PLT WAS INTIMIDATING. I LEARNED FROM THAT LEG; AND I MADE THEM PURCHASE CURRENT SECTIONALS AND TOOK VERY LITTLE FROM BOTH OF THEM ON THE TRIP HOME. BEING AN HR EARLY; I SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT THE FIELD AND REVIEWED THE FLT WITH THE MEN. THEN MUCH OF THIS COULD'VE BEEN AVOIDED.