Thank BillieBob - that is quite a bit of money, it is true! Assuming that this is spread evenly between all courses though - I am hoping for the sake of the schools however, that this should easily be recouped!

Bose-X, after 14 years of professional experience in my field, having spent more than 3 years, spending more than a few tens of thousands in training, I am still no where near £100 per hour. I am not saying that the instructor is or isn't worthy of that money, that is for the individual to prove to me. I have been taught by fantastic instructors and pretty dire ones as I think you know from previous posts I have made. I don't particularly find the IR to be more dangerous than the IR(R) [unless I am missing something? please do tell me if I am!] and I only pay £48 per hour instruction including VAT. I do respect instructors, examiners and training organisations greatly as I do love my hobby, I most certainly don't want them to be short changed either. I understand that this is more specialised training, and I did expect the hourly costs to increase but for it to more than double? That DID surprise me. (as did the IR skills test fees)

ps: Sorry Tobster911 for threadshift