BEagle,
Robinson R22's are over 200 quid per hour and they havn't exactly got crystal chandeliers in them!!!
If the student didn't fly the sortie well its tuff s**t, he/she will have to do it again until they get it right. We don't make exeptions just because somebody we teach never wears the same pair of socks twice (so to speak).
Heli instructors average £40 - £60 per hour - whats going on in the fixed wing world???