Speaking to an old friend the other day who started Instructing ten years ago. He was on £15/hr then. During the summer I worked flat out 7 days a week for one of the summer months. Left home at 0800 and quite often got back home 2000. Flew about as much as was possible.....at £15/hr and only justed managed to cover my monthly out goings. Now that the weather is on the change the average is about £600 to £700/ month.
Instructing is great fun but I cannot see how you can make a livable wage through the winter. Terms and conditions don`t seem to have improved much over the years, especially considering how much the investment is to qualify as an Instructor.
I spent in excess of £30000 of my hard earned cash to qualify for a new career that doesn`t pay a living wage.
Oh and worked out what the longest serving PPL Instructor working with me grossed last year.....£12780!!!
well below £20000