Originally Posted by
Outlaw2097
I feel it comes down to the cost of it all, for the initial stuff.
Compare flight training costs of yesteryears to today.
Pay for training to get your CFI or get it for free. Then look at pay.
Like I said, price...
Right there, thats what it boils down to.. And for that you can thank insurance and fuel prices because that alone is what drove up the price of flying. Makes me sick to think how much less it cost pre 9/11... now look... It can cost over 10,000 training in a 172 just to get a private pilot's license!
The other thing is that flight schools love to make more than the instructor does from the actual instruction fee... At the school I teach at they charge $43 an hour for instruction and I only see $18 of that! talk about a joke.. I make less than half of that, and "I" am the certified professional... This is whats wrong with this side of the aviation industry...