Originally Posted by
spitfirejock
By the end of the call he was astonished (I think) when I indicated current instructor pay was very similar although I reminded him newbies do start at around half that but can move up quite quickly if they are good.
As the youngsters say, "in your dreams".
In the PPL world the going rate is more like £20-25 per flying hour -- which amongst other things means that if you don't fly due to weather or unserviceability, you don't earn. In an average month that equates to a lot less than £4,000.
All 12 of the staff at the establishment where I instruct are ex-airline or ex-military, doing it for love. I doubt we could afford to do the job otherwise. . .