shaft
LOL, My theory, bring back the plane early so others can use it, their theory, lol we'll charge you for bringing it back early and still make money off of some one still flying it.. So they'd be making twice the cash. Not quite logical thinking, so I showed them I was doing them a favour instead of taking the plane for XX amount of hours and not flying it, that they were able to make more money off the plane upon it's arrival since they charge for flight time.
I agree about instructors being shafted, but their wage isn't what they're being screwed with. My instructor wasn't allowed to teach on the schools multi, because the CFI had a clause in his contract(and insurance) that he was the only one to fly it and get multi-hours. so my instructor went to the charter bought block time on their plane and teaches on it. charging same rate for the plane and $15/hr for his lessons at the school he was making $18.
HERE a better example, Young Drivers of Canada, and most likely any other driving school. The instructor provides his own car. At YDC the instructor make $25/hr, he spends his own money on the car, the gas and what not the student pays $35/hr.
At a flight school, the instructor doesn't pay for anything his tools are provided for him. The student pays for the plane and the instructor logs flight time.
SUM it up
driving school
instructor
pays for expenses(insurance, gas,etc)
pays for car
pays with time
TEACHES - $25/hr
Flight instructor
pays for NOTHING
Logs hours
teaches - $18/hr
Happy with that example?