So the instructors are charging................£40 p/h
It is the organisation that charges students for the instructors it provides.
No, they're being paid £40.........
It is the organisation that then pays instructors.
The payment will not be anywhere close to what the student was charged.
If PPL instructors were paid £40/hour they would be very happy indeed.
This is another way of flying schools generating income to cover their costs;
and they certainly need to! Going bust serves nobody's interests.
The alternative would be to raise the aircraft hire rates.
All(?) flying schools quote a dual hourly rate for flight training - but why
should that also mean free briefings, free instruction in preflight & post engine
start checks, etc.
Free to student also meaning unpaid to instructor.
The dual rate (and possibly solo hire rate) may have been set to include
the above, but charging Instructor time and Aircraft time separately does seem
more sensible.
The devil is, as always, in the detail. Making sure everything is clear at
the outset, agreed and applied fairly (though stopwatch instructing is not
a good idea).
baz76
Close to London £170 ph dual in a 2-seater is not necessarily unreasonable.
Is there a reason your first lesson was in the more expensive 4-seater?
I believe I recognise the school from the price list you have given.
If so you are in luck: There are at least three other PPL training
organisations on the same airfield for you to conveniently visit for your
comparative shopping.