Re: Is this the death of GA
Bertie the Bunyip
news:VPqxj.53187$yE1.1436@attbi_s21:
>> And pilots need to start DEMANDING a living wage, or just don't fly.
>> Students need to expect to PAY for training, $100 per hr for an
>> instructor is not unreasonable. This about how much you would pay any
>> other professional. How much would you pay a plumber. Then think
>> about how much you pay a CFI and gripe about it! NUTS.
>
> The part that will always cripple any effort to raise the pay of
> flight instructors (and pilots in general) is that flying is *fun*.
>
> The reason lawyers make a lot of money is because being a lawyer
> sucks. The reason plumbers make a lot of money is because being a
> plumber sucks. The reason flying doesn't pay a lot is because flying
> is fun, and there are thousands of us who willingly pay to do it.
Assholes, like you, for instance. Fortunately,you have nothing to teach
anyone.
Bertie