If a general manager is employed for an Aira Fitness franchise, what training requirements must they fulfill?
Aira_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
member administration are for the benefit of the brand and uniformity in the System and not to exercise control over your business.
7. TRAINING, PERSONNEL AND SUPERVISION STANDARDS
- A. Supervision. You must insure that the Aira Fitness Business is operated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Your Principal or a general manager must devote full time and best efforts to the onpremises management of the Aira Fitness Business. If you employ a general manager to manage the Aira Fitness Business, he or she must attend and successfully complete all required training, as listed in Sections 7.B and C.
- B. Training. You must, at your expense, comply with all of the training requirements we prescribe for the Aira
Fitness Business to be developed under this Agreement. If you employ a general manager, he or she also must comply with all training requirements. Specifically, prior to opening, you must attend our initial training program and complete the training to our satisfaction. In the event you are given notice of default as described in Sections 14.A and B and the default relates, in whole or in part, to your failure to meet any operational standards, we have the right to require as a condition of curing the default that you, at your expense, comply with the additional training requirements we prescribe. Any new general manager must comply with our training requirements within a reasonable time as we specify. Under no circumstances may you permit management of the Aira Fitness Business' operations on a regular basis by a person who has not successfully completed to our reasonable satisfaction all applicable training we require.
- C. Ongoing Training. We may require you and other key employees of the Aira Fitness Business to attend, at your expense, ongoing training at our training Aira Fitness Business, the Authorized Location or other location we designate. Beyond our initial training program, you must pay our then-current per diem training fee for all training we conduct for you, not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per day, plus travel and living expenses incurred by our trainers.
- D. Staffing. You agree to staff the Aira Fitness Business with the number of managers and employees sufficient to operate the Aira Fitness Business in compliance with this Agreement and any mandatory standards and specifications in the Operations Manual and to provide proper customer service during all hours of operation in order to protect the quality of the services and products offered by you at the Aira Fitness Business for protection of the Marks. No employee of yours will be deemed to be an employee of ours for any purpose whatsoever, and nothing in any aspect of the System and Marks in any way shifts any employee or employment related responsibility from you to us.
Source: Item 23 — **RECEIPTS (FDD pages 59–254)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aira Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee employs a general manager, that manager must attend and successfully complete all required training programs. Prior to opening, the franchisee themselves must attend the initial training program to Aira Fitness's satisfaction. If the franchisee is given notice of default for failing to meet operational standards, they may be required to complete additional training. Any new general manager must complete the training requirements within a reasonable time frame, as specified by Aira Fitness.
The FDD states that Aira Fitness does not allow the Aira Fitness Business operations to be managed regularly by someone who has not successfully completed all applicable training requirements. Aira Fitness may also require the franchisee and other key employees to attend ongoing training at a designated location, with the franchisee bearing the costs, including a per diem training fee not exceeding $1,000 per day, plus travel and living expenses for the trainers.
Furthermore, if a franchisee does not maintain a minimum of 150 members after the first year of business for two consecutive months, Aira Fitness may require the franchisee's Principal and General Managers to attend additional training programs. The franchisee is responsible for covering all costs and expenses associated with such training, assistance, or consultation. Franchisees and their managers are also required to attend all quarterly sales and operations meetings and annual franchise conventions, and Aira Fitness reserves the right to charge a fee for attendance. If a franchisee cannot attend, they must notify Aira Fitness and may be required to send a substitute acceptable to Aira Fitness. Failure to attend may result in a non-attendance fee of $500.