"Greg Esres" wrote in message
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I'm curious to know what sort of cancellation policies that flight
schools and rental outfits have in place to make it highly probably
that those who schedule airplanes will actually fly them.

Generally, we do not charge people for flights cancelled because of weather
or maintenance, nor do we charge them for canceling or missing a flight
once. Do it again, though, and you pay for both the instructor and the
airplane. OTOH, if an instructor no-shows, he gives you the next lesson
free. If he does it again, he is likely to be fired.

The problem is, we don't want people who may be sick or otherwise unprepared
to fly to feel like they are being forced into flying anyway.