XPost: rec.aviation.piloting, alt.aviation.kooks, rec.aviation.student   
   From: AA@AA.AA   
      
   "Jay Honeck"  wrote in   
   news:VPqxj.53187$yE1.1436@attbi_s21:   
      
   >> And pilots need to start DEMANDING a living wage, or just don't fly.   
   >> Students need to expect to PAY for training, $100 per hr for an   
   >> instructor is not unreasonable. This about how much you would pay any   
   >> other professional.  How much would you pay a plumber.  Then think   
   >> about how much you pay a CFI and gripe about it!  NUTS.   
   >   
   > The part that will always cripple any effort to raise the pay of   
   > flight instructors (and pilots in general) is that flying is *fun*.   
   >   
   > The reason lawyers make a lot of money is because being a lawyer   
   > sucks.  The reason plumbers make a lot of money is because being a   
   > plumber sucks.  The reason flying doesn't pay a lot is because flying   
   > is fun, and there are thousands of us who willingly pay to do it.   
      
   Assholes, like you, for instance. Fortunately,you have nothing to teach   
   anyone.   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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