At the end of the day there are just too many of us.....
One elderly FI told me that between the wars it was possible to
make a fair living as an instructor. That changed after the war when all the military pilots swamped the market and the labour rates fell.
Most of the profit? is often made by the guy who owns the aircraft
Owners can sometimes see the FI hourly rate as something that eats into their profit and would probably like to see a return to the 'hobby pilot' PPL/FI days and an end to the professional pilot requirements like the one that exists today. One thing is for certain the legislation will continue be changed - we have had the nPPL .... standby for a national FI rating ..!
The massive cost of the modern day CPL, FIC, IR within the JAR countries is one assumes partly because of the higher standards set by the authorities like the CAA in Europe. Suppose that's why only 25 PPL/IRS get issued every year out of 30,000 PPLs in the UK for example. What about a GA IR that enable flight into controlled airspace to stop all these FAA IR people flying all over Europe? Are there any accident stats that show this to be unsafe I wonder?
On ething is certain the flying schools of the UK and the pilots that frequent them will continue to subsidise the fare paying public.
Last edited by RVR800; 7th Jan 2005 at 14:17.