Originally Posted by
Forfoxake
Called in at Aeroclub Como anyway today but got the same answer: 190 Euros for an instructional flight (although my girlfriend could come with me). Too much for me for a short flight!
Nearly all the planes were flying however so perhaps they are concentrating on getting pilots their seaplane ratings, which (as a former microlight instructor) I can certainly understand.
Nobody has claimed that floatplane flying is cheap!
If you're getting the rating you're hanging around paying for a hotel for a week with nothing much to do except fly (once you've spent a couple of hours walking around the town and gone for a boat ride[#]), so you're after two flights a day weather permitting, so it doesn't take very many students for the aircraft to be quite busy.
[#] I included a train ride to Switzerland for lunch one day. That's not cheap either.