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Old 5th Jan 2004, 14:01
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Hoverman
 
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What's "ill-informed" about Bronx's posts?
Which 'facts' has he got wrong?
If there are'nt enough students about to keep you busy full-time how does charging more per hour attract more students/more work?
Or do you just keep charging more and more as the number of students fall to try to keep your monthly/annual earnings up? Sounds potty to me. In any world except 'designer' fashion and fancy restaurants, charging more doesn;t increase demand. Lower cost = more customers.

I can't see how landing fees make the problem worse for r/w than f/w. They're extortionate but f/w pay them as well. Do airfields charge more for R22's and H300's than light fixed-wings?
Helis do less landings during training so the student's bill for landing fees should be less than f/w UNLESS airfields charge a landing fee each time you set down in the hover square. Do they?

There's lots of jobs where training costs a lot of money and newly qualified people work long hours for poor money in the beginning. Doctors and lawyers for example.
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