Well for the first time ever I am starting to change my mind about something pretty fundamental - directly as a result of a pprune thread ! Yes, the other british instructors have made a really good argument for a substantial increase in the cost of ppl training in order that the instructors get paid properly. But where do we go from here ? There must be thousands of instructors who have the view that I've always had ie "rather be an instructor for £15 per hour than a programmer for £50 per hour". Actually I now realise I'd rather be an instructor for £30 per hour - especially when I look at how much it costs me for medicals, flight tests, travel to the airfield etc. However, I'm not sure the problem can be resolved while there are streams of young pilots coming along wanting to fly as much as possible and not caring about the pay because they look on it as an investment for their future airline careers. That's what I think stops instructing being viewed as a career - and therefore stops proper pay scales.