Instructors pay
- More experienced instructors require higher pay. That's unlikely to happen. Besides, you don't need an ATP to teach basic flying skills.
- I think that it's great that low time instructors teach zero time students for a number of reasons.
1) The lessons are fresh in the instructor's mind and since both have low time, the instructor and student can relate better.
2) There's no pressure to take a flight in marginal weather as is often the case in real-world flying. The instructor and student can stay at the home base and practice pattern work or hover work or ground school.
3) It's a great and safe way to build time.
4) It's income for the school.
5) To a new student, it's a reason to get that CFI or CFII certificate.
6) It gives all involved a chance to network and make contacts for that next job.
7) It keeps the cost of learning to fly within reach of what might otherwise be an impossible dream.