I'm rather peturbed to discover that I'm only paid for my flying hours by my new club, meaning I can work 8.30am-6pm not stopping all day (as I did yesterday) and receive 4 hours' pay.
I paid for my instructor's ground teaching time as a PPL stude - not the refuelling, discussions of training issues with enthusiastic students, doing paperwork, parking aircraft and taxi from hangers, picking up the phone, etc. etc - just the formal briefs. And I thought that was fair enough! But from what I gather now, this was a pretty unusual setup.
No wonder some instructors don't bother to take the time to ensure students fully understand everything before they fly, meaning it takes them longer to catch on!
I was expecting poverty and don't mind that, but I'm feeling distinctly put out. I guess the usual 'supply and demand' and 'that's market forces' comments are coming. I guess I'm naive.
