Fibod - disagree mate, think you are using a one-brush-for-all attitude.
The quality of the instructors over in the US on the JAA courses was top notch and if they didnt make the grade they were booted - yes we witnessed it!!
My instructor was P/T with over 10000 hours, the only course he didnt teach was jets and the DEA use him on Agent runs - so he couldnt be that bad
And the crunch - he was flat rate for his instruction no matter what course you did with him. I instruct (not flying before you ask) and whatever course I am involved in is a set hourly rate for the course - the rest goes on 'course material' but I dont see any of it.
If, PPL say, is £30/Hr and the FI is getting £10 of that - the club is taking £20, if the rate for CPL is £60/Hr and the FI is getiing, say £15/hr - the club is now taking £45. Why does the club take a proportional increase to the FIs? The maths do not add up, which I think is Englishals point.
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