I'm going to San Francisco in November for work, followed by a weekend in Napa for a wedding, and I was thinking it would be neat to see the bay area from the air and get a bit of a new challenge with the airspace I'm not used to. I thought it would be reasonable to find a CFI that would go up with me for an hour or two. I'm already a private pilot, so it wouldn't really be a discovery flight. When I called a flight school in the area, the receptionist got real upset and said they don't do air tours, only training.
Am I being unreasonable here? I thought this would be a good way to do it without worrying about trying to get checked out in a flight school airplane. I don't really want to fly there without an instructor anyway, being a low time guy and all. If it's reasonable, any recommendations for a CFI in the area that would sell me a couple hours of instruction?
What price is reasonable? I'm guessing $130/tach hr for a 172 and $35/hr for CFI that I pay in Dallas is less than the cost in California.
Am I being unreasonable here? I thought this would be a good way to do it without worrying about trying to get checked out in a flight school airplane. I don't really want to fly there without an instructor anyway, being a low time guy and all. If it's reasonable, any recommendations for a CFI in the area that would sell me a couple hours of instruction?
What price is reasonable? I'm guessing $130/tach hr for a 172 and $35/hr for CFI that I pay in Dallas is less than the cost in California.
