Instructor Fees

[wheelsup]

to be honest tho the CFI's at DWC do ok. They get a weekly salary with an hourly pay for each hour of dual given.

Keep in mind they don't fly very much. The letter I got from Marilyn said expect 300-400 hours in a year there. Even with their salary, it's not a job to retire from. The benefits are good though, provided you go in strictly as a CFI.

 

[slushie]

At first I thought that it for both the instructor and the aircraft but it is not. The aircraft is another $130. That puts you down about $250 for a 1 hour lesson.

Learjet training, are ya?

 

[tonyw]

At first I thought that it for both the instructor and the aircraft but it is not. The aircraft is another $130. That puts you down about $250 for a 1 hour lesson.

Wow.

Check and see if you can find a flying club. The instructors in the flying club charge anywhere from 30-50 an hour, and they keep all of that. And you get the aircraft for cheaper. I pay about $110 an hour, wet, for a Cardinal.

 

[British Pilot]

JH7, you are paying way too much, even for New England standards. I live in Boston, and fly out of KBED which is 15M NW of the city. So probably a 1 hour drive for you.

I pay $124 for the Cessna 172S - brand new equipment, and $45 for my instructor. Instructor rates are the same upto and including the Commercial License. The refurbished 172s are $103, and the 152 is $87.

The 2006 Seminole is $270 an hour including instructor..... just a little more than what you are paying for single engine instruction.

I cannot fault my school, they are highly efficient, exceedingly professional and my instructor, who is just 22, is in my opinion an excellent pilot and teacher.

I highly recommend you schooling at KBED. It's a tower controlled, reasonably busy airport with Pan Am (Clipper Connection) scheduled flights as well as corporate aircraft, and every so often an F-14 taking off since the airbase is there too

PM me if you want to chat a little more, I'd be happy to meet up with you at the school and introduce you to my instructor...or pass along the details and you can contact them directly.

You shouldn't continue to pay the rates you are, especially since your instructor only sees $15 an hour or so.

 

[LouieP]

Keep in mind they don't fly very much. The letter I got from Marilyn said expect 300-400 hours in a year there. Even with their salary, it's not a job to retire from. The benefits are good though, provided you go in strictly as a CFI.

This is true. From what I remember DWC would "NW" way too many flights. NW was their code for no go due to weather. It seemed like because of the salary a lot of the CFI's tended to get lazy at times. All of us CFI's get tired and wouldn't mind missing a flight every now and then, it just seemed excessive up there.