In 1980 as a 20 year old i was taking home £25 a week from work. Flight training was £23/hour.
Minimum wage now for 20 year old is 40 x £6.15/hr = £246 week, assume no tax paid.
So hourly rate should be around £225 hour, here in the Midlands.
We charge at the moment £185 for a Warrior.
Club does about 500 hour a year across two aircraft.
My partner secretary takes virtually nothing in wage and i take £700 a month as the CFI/examiner.
As you can see we do it almost for the love of flying.
Or am i just a mug?
Originally Posted by
LysanderV8
Cutting VAT from flying training would be a great help. The APPGGA is working hard on this.
I was thinking of splitting the club into two businesses to get below the vat threshold.
One would be hire and the other training.