So how is trade during the downturn?Busy?
 

Hi,
Just wondered how the turn over on PPL instructing is doing during these though times? Has there been a reduction in students? Or trial lessons?
Or is it business as usual!

Thanks for any input:)
PT

Well I'm instructing 1 day a week and we've seen an upturn in new PPLs who have signed up, this is all with a fuel surcharge as well. Trial lessons are about the same level, so in effect we haven't seen any change as yet, infact it's slightly better.

D777

Thanks
 

Music to my ears Deano!! Need to get flying again finished the commercial training few months back, now for the FI me thinks:ok:
Happy flying:)

No other opinions?

over the past year I only saw the groups getting bigger. Each class now consists of at least 20 students (not PPL but fATPL courses).

I'm only a part time FI, but to be honest I've never been busier !!

Downturn ? What downturn ??

TJ

Maybe its a little early - wait untill potential students realize they cant remortgage there house again to pay off there borrowings for there training and things might change.

I hope not.

Certainly the heli PPL side and Trial lessons has slowed down. This is my full time job and this weekend I have one 1/2hr trial lesson.....:eek:

Thanks for the repsonses:ok:

Our school seems as busy as ever, only the :mad: british weather getting in the weather!

I know bloody Weather:ugh:

Yup...
 

...busy here too, TOO!

6 weeks plus waiting list for lessons at my school.
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Well Busy
 

I think our clubs just had the busiest week I can remember for some time:)

I was instructing when the 80's recession took hold. Boy did it go quiet then.

Thanks, Duchess. I know, Chris said...

Did 3 full details today, with a late start, plus a solo.

TheOddOne

TOO.....lightweight!

Didn't stop today. Flew three full exercises, one T/L, two pre-solo checks out to P. Ris and sent a seventh off QXC as I'd flown with him on Friday.

Only time for one cuppa today.

You guys should try working in the property and construction sector. The turnover of my 38 year old business is down 60% :eek: in the last six months :rolleyes:

Thanks for all the replys:ok:

In case the downturn does come, here are some tips that may help some of you with your CVs: ;)

• The plural of reply is replies.
• Their belongings are over there.
• turn over is what you might do in bed.
• turnover is the amount of business transacted during a given period of time.
• though times should be tough times.
• infact should be in fact.
• untill should be until.

Thankfully, nobody used of as a verb, as in: you should of seen the bad spelling in this forum!

Given that it may be one of you guys who eventually has to sign me off for my competence in English, the anonymity of PPRuNe has a lot to recommend it. :ok:

Ittiz fort ov as gud manors not to menshun peeples spellin and grammer on the forrum.

Thanks for the spelling corrections soay:rolleyes:

Hallo hallo
 

Flybymike,
you're not making fun of the Germans, are you? :}
Here in Southern Spain lots of instructing. ISA+20 and more...:cool:

Hot hot hot!!

Erik C. The Eastenders maybe, but nevver Ze Germans

Hows things looking on the turn over of students ? Any change on demand?

My last FI position (recently finished to move to a new one next week) has recently seen a major drop in mid-week bookings but weekends are as mental as ever.

soay, you are my hero (in the loosest possible interpretation of the word!). Using 'of' instead of 'have' seems to be the norm these days - but then again, languages are very dynamic.

want bad grammer - try here

YouTube - Bad Grammar - The Way I Are Parody ft. HotforWords

Good link!:ok:

Im fully booked about a month in advance. Its amazing how many new people are coming in and signing up to do a PPL. What I have also found interesting is the surge this summer of PPL holders at our club getting trained on complex,tail wheel etc:ok:
If only the weather wasnt so bad:ugh:

Demand? we've gone through the roof recently, almost from a few slots a day to fully booked, it is rather bizarre.

Thanks
 

It is strange? I only ask as i`m starting a FI course this month and wondered what the trend at other schools are.
Must still be people out there with a healthy bank account.
Thanks again for taking the time to post:ok:

Yes, the use of "of" instead of "have" or "off", "to" instead of "too" and "there" instead of "their" really gets on my ( . )( . )'s on psrune (professional spellers rumour network).

The one that really gets me and I notice it all the time on here is "proberbly" instead of "probably".

I'm part time and last week I worked Thur, Fri, Sat and Sun, I didn't stop!! Busy busy busy.

Smith: Who cares about the spelling, it's only a forum.

Yep, still busy...
 

I did 70 hours PPL and 10 IMC last month.

IIRC it's about the same as last year (and I had a couple of days off).


Fireboy....'tis all about standards. However, I fear that the journey has already begun down the slippery slope!

You're missing the point, this is a forum not an English lesson.

I just laugh at the people who insist on correcting other peoples spelling mistakes. We all make mistakes in life and spelling mistakes on forums are at the bottom of my list of priorities !

My advice is get a life and post something constructive.

Sorry for going off track but it needed to be said.

Oh, okay....It's a fourhm, is it. If spellinge dusent matta peepul struggel to undastand wots beying sed.

If have this argument with my daughter over text speak all the time.

Let's take your argument a little further shall we. It's okay to fly the aeroplane overweight - because it's just a few lbs. It's okay to fly the ILS a dot or so low? .....or land a few knots slow?

What is the point in having 'standards and rules' if no-one upholds them? Where does this "it's only a" stop?

Now, I wasn't the one who started the spelling correction - but I do agree with it wholeheartedly. As for my life.....pretty fulfilled upto now, don't think I need to get another one just yet.

Drifting off topic, but well said DD. Poor spelling and grammar doesn't improve the image of the professional pilot, either.

You can argue that it doesn't matter a lot on here, but what happens when it comes to preparing CVs and covering letters?

Ain't seen no downturn yet.... maybe people are cutting back on borrowing, petrol guzzling carz and the odd weekend away instead of their flying lessons? I reckon trial flying lessuns will be the last to go if this recesshun really takes hold as predicted.

In the meantime I wish the weather would behave a bit more but maybe in a roundabouit way its keepin the students hooked - if it woz sunny every time they had a lessun booked theyd be runnin out of cash innit.

VFE. [sic!]

English
 

So, are you (rostbif) spelling police going to explain in perfect French or German to the Jonnie foreigners who post here?

Thought not:ok:.