There is something in the guidance to RFTO's that ground school training must be provided.
I to was on the only payed while your flying lark with a retainer.
The hanging around earning nothing was the worst bit.
And never ever consider getting the Night restriction removed. It just means you have to sit around all day and then wait even longer for not alot.
To be honest you have actually started at the best time of year. It will be a bit slack and then go mental from about April onwards. But start planning now for quiting in September you really don't want a full winter. And have a plan from the start when your going to stop for the year. Anything more than 1000 hours of SEP doesn't really help your cause. And when ever you can get the student to fly IFR in VMC. It could help out later on if there is a possibilty of a single crew job.
Have a look at this
thread see if you can see what I was on about.
You can maybe understand now why most trial flights the brief consists of "where do you want to go?"
Its amazing what owners see as part and parcel of your job. The best ploy is to be great as an instructor and be liked by the punters. Then systematically
up everything else you get bullied into doing.