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Instructor: USD$100/hr

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:27 pm
by Colonel
That's the going rate around here, which is about Cdn$130/hr

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Does anyone have a problem with that rate?  It's what I paid
for my last BFR.

Re: Instructor: USD$100/hr

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:56 pm
by Slick Goodlin
That's amazing, I've been thinking about renewing my instructor ticket and had every intention of charging thirty bucks an hour while feeling guilty about it.  I was way off the mark.

Re: Instructor: USD$100/hr

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:54 am
by Chuck Ellsworth
When I was giving instruction during the last ten or so years of my career I charged $250.00 USD, or 250.00 Euro which ever had the best exchange rate at the time.


I was never short of work.


The secret is being able to teach the lesson correct and in a very short period of time compared to the industry standard.


Teaching like learning is something you must always strive for excellence in.



Re: Instructor: USD$100/hr

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:38 am
by Colonel
Note that the instructor keeps all of the usd$100/hr.

When you fly dual, you pay 2 bills:  one to the FBO
for the airplane, and the other to the instructor, the
second of which I use a stack of $20's for.  I'm not
claiming it, so I see no need to create a paper trail.

Re: Instructor: USD$100/hr

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:50 pm
by DeflectionShot
You can find cheaper instruction at Reid Hillview in San Jose. Rates for some of their tail wheel instructors start at USD$50 per hour. If you want a youtube celebrity instructor try Jason Miller at San Carlos, he charges USD$150. an hour.

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Re: Instructor: USD$100/hr

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 4:15 am
by vanNostrum
I'm tuning up my argentine tango, the dance instructor's rate
is $ 85.00 hr private lessons
And she is worth every penny

Re: Instructor: USD$100/hr

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:07 am
by Colonel
Porkchops must be USD$200/hr - I wonder if
he would do my next BFR?

My BFR's are hilarious.  Mostly I give aerobatic
instruction.  I remember years ago, doing one
wheel crosswind landings in a some kind of piper
fabric taildragger that the CFI had, seeing how
close I could get the wingtip to the runway  :))

I honestly believe that if you do [i]nothing else[/i] in
your lifetime except learn how to skillfully hold
the upwind wingtip inches from the runway during
one wheel crosswind landings in a tube & fabric
taildragger, you have not wasted your life, but
many people think I am pretty dim.

Ok, dull stuff.  Spice it up a little and slow to
just above stall at 1000 AGL directly overhead
the runway.  Apply full throttle and forward stick
for -4G's for a half loop downwards and level out
inverted over the runway at the surface at Vne,
opposite direction.

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You can do that, you are in an exceptionally
small and elite group of pilots, of which I can
count on the fingers of one hand in Canada.