Ultralight instructors?
Perhaps going off on a tangent:
I heard of a casual RAAus instructor demanding $100/hour from an Aero Club recently.
Once the laughter and spluttering died down, it occurred to me:
- he is the Club's CFI
- he is moving from a casual employee role to a "contractor" status; and
- there is no differentiation in the Pilot award between CASA-approved and RAAus-approved flying schools.
What should a RAAus instructor get paid?
If the School wants to be a "proper" school and offer "proper" 7 days/week flight training as though it were a GA school, why should the RAAus guys not be paid the same as the GA award for Single Engine instructors, plus loadings for CFI and "testing officer" equivalent status?
Polair911,
Bare-bones award for a grade 3 single-engine instructor is about $40,068.55. If you make that a casual rate (divided by 800 hours, and add 25%) that's $62.61 per hour plus super.
Add to that uniform, phone, early sign-ons etc and it might come up a little more (but that's only covering expenses, so it's not really money in your pocket is it?). Leave loading for 4 out of 6 weeks Annual Leave will add about $134 extra per week for those 4 weeks.
Grade 2 = $43,672 ($68.24/hour casual)
Grade 1 = $46,450 ($72.58/hour casual)
Multi engine and IFR add about $5,700 pa.