Hi,
Well I've worked for 3 flying schools over the last few years and the pay has been like this
School 1 : £12.50 per flying hour, no retainer but £60 for doing a "desk day" once a week
School 2: £12.00 per flying hour, no retainer.. but not required to be there unless work available... I eventually negoiatated an £80 per week retainer to include lots of admin duties.. this made life much more bearable financially but quite tedious in the winter when you take home £80 for a 40hr week! still better than £0!!
School 3: £15.00per flying hour with a minimum of £25 paid... but eg if theres only a 30min trial lesson to do or the weather is crap.. at least you get £25.00... but you have to fly more than1.7 hrs to earn above £25.00
Also get extra money for working late, night and imc flying.
Other things that make a big difference to your income are whether you get paid for student solo time.. is it a reduced rate? or full rate? or not at all.. bearing in mind you are supervising.. and you are legally responsible?
Different schools do different things.. and it does seem to me that terms and conditions differ greatly between various establishments
Hope thats not too confusing... wonder if anyone can work out where I worked...lol
LP
Last edited by Loony_Pilot; 2nd December 2003 at 08:56.