As far as cirriculum. would you suggest making them buy the kit? or would u reccommend I provide the one I have for use? I have the entire Kit, and most if not all the materials are un opened/unused. I'm just wondering, because I do not want the fact that they need to buy the expensive kit to drive any business away.
Yes, have them buy the kit. As has been stated, if they can't afford the kit, they can't afford to fly. Simple as that.
Besides, if you lend out your kit, how are you going to teach more than one person at a time?
Oh, and one last point to make in general--selling flight training on price alone is rarely a good strategy. Sell it on value. You can charge more because you work harder, you're more prepared, your schedule is more flexible, your location is closer, you have access to better planes, etc. than the competition (even if that competition is in the next town over). Don't worry about being the cheapest guy in the area, because somebody will always come along and find a way to do it cheaper. It'll turn in to a race to the bottom where everybody loses. Instead, strive to be the best *value* in the area. If a person can't understand value over pure price, they aren't worth flying with.
And for pay, what price would you recomend? The previous guy who was doing some training.. just BFR's, IPC's, stuff like that, charged 30 an hour. But that's the reason I'm heading out there, because he would prefer not to do any primary training.
If the last guy charged $30/hour, I'd say $35-$40 is reasonable. Whatever you do, don't drop your rates if somebody balks at you initially. When I was working as an independent instructor I moved to a new town and one guy's jaw dropped when I told him I charged $45/hour. He said other CFIs were charging $25/hr. I basically told him, that's fine, I'm $45/hour, and he can choose to fly with somebody else if he'd like to. He never flew with me, I made money from other clients, and hopefully both of us were satisfied...I know I sure was.
By the way, I'm 18, and a newly certificated CFI as of 11/24
So? You're a CFI. You're a professional instructor. Let me say that again. You're a ***professional*** ***instructor***.
It might be oversimplifying it to say age and experience don't matter, but in a way, they don't. If you act like a true professional (always come prepared, on time, looking sharp, friendly, etc.) there's no reason you shouldn't charge accordingly.
I see CFIs sell themselves short all the time. They think just because they haven't been doing it for as long as another instructor that they must be worth less. It's nonsense. The only reason they are worth less is because they tell themselves they are. If you roll out of bed in the morning and tell yourself, "I'm worth $40/hour because I'm a darn good CFI," you'll carry yourself in a completely different way than if you say, "I'm only worth $25/hour because I don't really know what I'm doing."
Now, all of that being said, there is a certain value in experience. That's not to say young instructors are worth less, it's that experienced instructors are worth more. Maybe you should start out at $35/hour, but with a clear understanding in your own mind from Day 1 that every 500 hours of instruction given, or six months, or one year, or whatever you think is fair, you're going to give yourself a raise up to $40, $45, $50, and so on.
Good luck with everything. It sounds like you have a lot of opportunities in your area!