Originally Posted by
jonkster
Do you really spend 18-24 minutes on the ground due congestion? If that was me as a student I would be seriously considering another school/aerodrome as that is clearly a busy show.
This happened to me multiple times at Parafield when the planned lesson included a departure directly into the adjacent class C and we were informed of a 20 minute delay due to inbound jet traffic at Adelaide.
I was paying close to $500 per hour to sit on the ground at the hold point (this was a turbocharged C206).
Flying schools really should arrange their fee structure to prevent unforseen ATC delays on the ground from costing the student a fortune. I'd happily pay a higher hourly air switch rate than a 'lower' rate where I am charged $200 for sitting on the ground waiting for ATC.