On Aug 31, 3:55 am, "Really-Old-Fart"
wrote:

Well, considering the fact that the previous lesson is unlikely to get back
until the start time for your lesson, there's not much else you can do.
The flight schools that I have dealt with over the years have always billed
by aircraft time (Hobbs or tach). Very seldom have I ever been able to
squeeze a 1 hour flight out of a 1 hour booking slot.

If you like to spend 30 minutes preflighting, reviewing the logs etc,
please consider booking the plane at 4pm and the instructor at 4:30.
That way the instructor can continue with ground instruction or flight
instruction in another airplane while you take your time to prefilght.

-Robert, CFII