foxmoth, I can't see how you repay a £30K investment by going into something that easily involved £100K. Thanks for explaining a bit about a dud day vs. actually flying. Care to put numbers though? How much is a "lower hourly rate"? How much is a "normal" hourly rate? What is a "decent salary"?
Whopity, why do you say teaching ground school is better income? Are you talking about "paid tutorial sessions"?
RTN, I'd like to hear more about "full time instructing." What were the hours like? What would you guesstimate I could make part-time with maybe 2-3 days a week? Like I said, I have a stable job and this will be more of an on-the-side thing that I would like to do. As it is done alongside my full-time job, I do not see myself being "forced" into anything I don't like, although a rough idea of the "return of investment" would help me be prepared by either determining the length of any loan taken, or at least to know how much to set aside to pay for my way through.