SID - I think I know which school you looked at and I did the same in 1999 and turned them down. I am all for mucking in and not being a jobsworth but the level of dedication they demanded was demeaning and largely counter productive.
Whirly - Its hard acting as if you are on 30 grand a year when in reality you're on less than 10. That - in a nutshell - is the difference.
Well really I meant just what I said.
But are you saying that your hour-building FI goes out to a lesson thinking: "Well, I'm only making 10 quid for this, so I won't really bother; I'll fly but I'll just look out of the window and snap at Bloggs occasionally and count the minutes till I can go look at that mag and check out the latest airline vacancies.
No I am not saying this should happen. What I am saying is that people make a cerebral contract with their job based on a simple cost/reward basis.
Which means you don't mind earning £4hr if all you have to do is stack shelves - or - means you'll work 18hr high pressure days if you are on a 100k bonus.
The ideal situation in GA PPL instruction would see instructors on slightly above average wage of about £30k. This would be enough for them to feel professionaly valued, to resist pressure to fly in poor conditions, to do after hours work to improve their knowledge and to not clock watch whilst in the air.
Unfortunately at often less than 10k you are not in a financial nor psychological position to do so.
Which is what I meant when I say its hard to act as if you are on 30k when you are on less than 10k.
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