Interesting point of view WWW. My pay as a flight instructor ranged from zero, to flying in exchange for twin time, to a bottle of tequila for a BFR, to US$20 an hour for ground and flight time.
I hope I never let the amount of money (or lack of) or crummy management, enter into the effort I put in for my student. I took it as a matter of personal & professional pride to give 100% always. I always tried to remember what it was like for me when I was a student pilot.
Whirly - what an awful experience! Those sort of people are generally cowards and only try it on as long as they think they can get away with it. Well done you for battling through it! Learning to fly should be fun. None of us do ourselves or anyone else any favours by putting up with bully instructors.
[ 09 August 2001: Message edited by: Oleo ]