Fundamentally wages aren't going to go up because the customers cannot afford it.
You can only do so many hours a month - lets say you are able to squeeze in 800hrs in a very busy year. Lets say we would be happy to settle for a wage of about 1.4 times average national wage i.e. £30,000.
So thats £37.50 an hour. Now add on the National Insurance contributions and you are going to cost well over £40 an hour. Not to mention a pension scheme.
I don't think the average PPL'er would or could bear that price hike. You'd end up killing the UK flight training industry and Florida would get busier. More probably people would look at the world of sports flying, ultralights, gliding etc and conclude Group A is just too much money for too little gain.
I myself now consider Group A flying too expensive for me and my money is headed to four stroke flexwing microlights.
Syndicates offering the very latest machines start from £25hr.
Decent 2 up touring range of 8hrs, 1,000fpm climb rates and all they need is an oil and filter change every 50hrs which you can do yourself!
I think I've seen the future and its not Group A.
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