OWNER STUDENT PLT WITH INSTRUCTOR OPERATED A CESSNA CITATION JET AT THE MINIMUM LEGAL ALT NEAR STRUCTURES AND PERSONS. THE CAPT; AND INSTRUCTOR; BELIEVED THAT HE WAS TOO LOW!

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TOOK OFF FROM RWY 16 (EAST SOUND ARPT; ORCES ISLAND; WASHINGTON STATE). MY STUDENT; THE OWNER OF THE PLANE; WAS FLYING. THE CITATION JET HANDLED THE SHORT RWY EASILY AND WE WERE CLBING STEEPLY TO LEAVE THE SMALLEST FOOTPRINT OF NOISE. AFTER XING THE SHORELINE AND OVER WATER; THE STUDENT LEVELED OFF; RETRACTED FLAPS; AND FLEW UP THE LONG NARROW BAY AT 500 FT. I HAD HEARD; BUT NEVER READ; THAT THE MINIMUM ALT FOR TURBOJETS WAS 1000 FT. I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT AS WE HEADED UP THE BAY. AT THE END OF THE BAY; WE TURNED R AND HEADED DOWN ANOTHER LONG NARROW BAY (AT 500 FT) TO LOOK AT SOME NEW PROPERTY NEAR THE PIER. I MADE HIM FLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAY TO KEEP AT LEAST SOME DISTANCE FROM THE NUMEROUS FANCY HOUSES ON THE SHORELINE I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE. AT THE END OF THE BAY WE CLBED. LATER THAT FLT; DSNDED OVER THE TRINITY ALPS TO LOOK AT MORE PROPERTY. THIS TIME I DIDN'T LET HIM FLY WITHIN 2000 FT OF THE SURFACE; EVEN THOUGH HE WANTED TO. IT WAS A NATIONAL PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DID THE RIGHT THING THE SECOND TIME OVER THE TRINITIES. I HAVE SINCE READ THE PERTINENT FAR AND IT IS 1000 FT EXCEPT IN A FEW CIRCUMSTANCES. I REALLY WANT THE OWNER TO ENJOY HIS PLANE; BUT SHOULD NOT RISK A VIOLATION IN PURSUIT OF THIS -- DESPITE OBJECTIONS OF THE GUY THAT IS PAYING YOU.