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Old 23rd Jan 2024, 19:33
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HeliMannUK
 
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Originally Posted by hargreaves99

At a rough guess...there are about 20 PPL/CPL schools in the uk (ie R22/R44/Cabri), so at an average of 4 instructors per school, that means about 80-100 instructors who are working?

Although I think there are more people who have the FI rating but don't use it, or it's expired.
I've let mine expire due to job but I was the only instructor at 2 schools I used to work at. Also two other schools only have 1 instructor I know of. So maybe lower numbers than you first thought.
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