Originally Posted by
Banana Joe
Training a cadet is expensive. You may pay for the TR yourself, but TRI and LTC are paid extra and the line training for a cadet is longer, plus all the ground courses, etc.
Basic maths would imply its actually a relatively inexpensive expense where compared to the TR. 20k a year (as a guess) supplement spread out over the number of days that an instructor is available to work (365 days, less holidays, days off (4 per 9 days), SEP, their own SIM twice a year, sick days). Probably less than 100eur a day extra for the LHS TRE to hand hold the cadet. 50 odd sectors or whatever FR dictates (guess again) - 4 sectors a day would mean 2 weeks minimum and a line check at the end.
It used to be that the cadet paid for the safety pilot effectively as well by not earning - this has hopefully changed but highlighted just how little cost FR actually incurred of the training.