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Old August 31st 07, 05:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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Default req: CFI job advice

On Aug 31, 8:37 am, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net
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Gattman wrote:
Except, now there's a waiting list at the FBO for instructors to
become available, so supply and demand says it ought to be a really
good time to be a CFI...


There's a waiting list for students willing to pay for a $15/hr instructor.
If it goes up there may not any students at all. While supply and demand
works well on the macro level it doesn't always do so on the micro level.


No, supply and demand work great. As instruction rates go up, students
will drop off and there will be less demand such that supply and
demand will equal. We just don't like thinking about the idea that
demand for instruction will go down.

-Robert