Originally Posted by
tallpilot
Instructor skills are different from flying skills and interestingly not highly correlated. Cutting anybody's pay in this environment is a pretty bad sign.
Sounds like you had a good instructor. Good that he moved onward too. Another person had some experienced people being useless. That happens too. it's tough finding the right mix. Sometimes experienced people just run out of motivation or go off syllabus.
Regardless, nothing improves by cutting instructor pay.