excessive instructor fees?

[olasek]

Walked today into some SF Bay Area flying club and inquired about their aircraft. They do have a very nice rather high-end inventory of single engine aircraft available for rental. But I did not expect to hear $80-$85 per hour in instructor fees. Isn't it a bit excessive, I wonder what you think.

 

[Jim Logajan]

That appears to be about twice the going rate at schools in that general area (keeping in mind that the SF bay area is a very large area.)

For example, here are the rates for one school in that area:

http://www.aerodynamicaviation.com/training.php