Abbeville - happy to help where I can - email me if you want any more info.. .Heloteacher - Hard to answer your questions really and these answers will probably not help much, but here goes.. .Hours - depends on the school and whether you work 5, 6 or 7 days a week. Demand for ppl instruction generally is greater at weekends than weekdays. Some schools much busier than others due to their location. Some only do commercial instruction, some both, some private only. . .Pay - unlikely to go up by much, unless you start getting more qualifications ie Instrument, commercial instruction, bigger machines, twins, TRE etc. I don't know for sure by how much as I'm at the bottom of the scale - R22's, R44's and B206's and without any additional qualifications/ratings. This is typically the freelance rate. Many instructors are on a salary and probably wouldn't care to divulge their income. Perhaps some more experienced instructors would care to comment.. .Cost of Living - don't really know how to provide a useful comparison. You'd need to specify some items and we could let you know how much they cost here.. .rgds Balance. . . . <small>[ 08 March 2002, 21:03: Message edited by: balance_trim ]</small>