Pay for CFI's

My CFI served on both the french and U.S. air forces. He was then a
commercial airline pilot.
He's also a record-holding glider pilot.
I almost died when he wanted $50/hr.
I was used to $30/hr in CA.

40hrs later, I'm happy to pay $50/hr.
He's 70 years old and tough as nails.
He works 7 days a week, 12hrs a day.
He has a hernia, but still won't let me help him pull the plane out of the
hangar.
He has over 20000hrs and over 600hrs dual RECEIVED.

The man is a treasure trove of knowledge and experience, and a hell of a
nice guy to boot.
It kind of makes me sad, though, to see him working so hard at such an age.

My personal feeling is that you should pay your instructor what he's worth,
not what the going rate is.
My instructor in CA was barely worth the $30/hr. I think he was just trying
to log hours.
Roger Hivert is worth every penny of the $50/hr I pay him.

Just my 2 cents!

Adam

"The Black Sheep" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Can anyone tell me what a typical CFI gets paid? More specifically,
what a full time CFI in a local flight school can expect to get paid?
Just a WAG would be sufficient.

Thanks,
TBS
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The Black Sheep