I have a question for those of you in the know.
I want to make sure I am basically
gettin
g a decent deal and not
gettin
g cau
ght up spendin
g money on thin
gs I don't really need.
Here are a few of my concerns.
My fli
ght instructor is a
gleim dealer and is really pushin
g this 200 dollar
ground packa
ge, do I really need to spend that much on this stuff to take the airman test before I even start takin
g lessons? I mean it comes with a hat, seriously?
Also and I have never heard of this so please let me know if this is standard procedure or not. My instructor sells his time in blocks but basically he told me that for every hour I fly I will be payin
g him for 2 hours of instruction at 35 an hour. so on this 20 hours of minimum instruction that I need I will be payin
g for 40 hours of instruction after he has already sold me the 200 dollar packa
ge and I pass the
ground school before I even show up for my first fli
ght.
Now please don't
get me wron
g, if this is an industry standard or just the way its done I dont mind at all but if this is just an instructor with creative billing techniques I'm thinkin
g I mi
ght want to continue shoppin
g around a little.
This sounds a little shady to me since I am expected to spend 200 on the
gliem packa
ge and have the
ground school out of the way before I even start flyin
g.