Instructor Salaries??
There's a question.
What would you consider to be a fair wage, taking into account the depth and breadth of training, the level of qualification held and the service being delivered, for varying instructor grades?
Should all instructors be salaried, should they be paid only for hours flown or should they receive a retainer and a wage for hours flown?
Should there be a formal grading system, from FI(R), through primary instruction up to CPL and IR instructors and even on to TRIs and including grades of examiners along the route?
If so, who should recognise and adminster such a system? AOPA, BALPA, GAPAN, or should there be an autonomous body specifically for instructors with membership benefits including professionally researched recommended salary scales.
Driving Instructors have the Driving Standards Agency so why shouldn't flying instructors have a similar professional body?
It seems that the present "system" (or lack thereof) is so without structure that it is wide open to abuse.
If such a body existed, do you feel that there would be a take-up from the instructor fraternity (and sisters) to support such a body? For that matter, has this been tried before and if so where did it go?
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