Originally Posted by mshunter

this is why i quit working there. $190 an hour for solo in a 172. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! When I found this out, I went job hunting. I couldent see myself charging the outrageous price of $220 an hour for a 172 w/instructor. Where I am at now, it's only 151 an hour for a better equiped 172, w/ instructor. Not to mention the fact that the airplanes are better maintained at the FBO I'm at. We rent a 182RG for less than a 172 at AF. Most of their airplanes (AF's) don't have the best maint. either. They do the bare minimum to keep tem legal. I came across an instructor I used to work with the other day at AF, and he was 400AGL at VNY when the engine started to sputter and die. They also had an accident recently in an RG where the throttle cable detached from the carb because the bolt came loose. I thought things like that got saftey wired. Just give em a call and ask Lou what happened. He was on a Comm. checkride with a student. For the kind of money they charge, you'd also think that they would pay their instructors better.