Originally Posted by jcrews

What if, when reminiscing about flight training, you remembered showing up with a wad of 20s and 100s in your pocket and always paid in cash without caring about how much it costs? You bought the BOSE A20 right out of the gate, and, you wanted to get your pilot license so you could buy your own private plane? Do you think your instructors would have given you a break then? Maybe, maybe not.

For my students with high interest loans or low paying jobs and money saved, I'm conservative when it comes to billing, and usually "cut him/her a break". For those who can pay, I'm fair, and don't advocate taking advantage. All I'm saying is that, although we thought/think training is expensive, there is a population of students for which the cost of a PPL is less than they'll spend in a weekend in Vegas. That's all...