Any Certified Flight Instructors here??

[bongodriver]

Yeah I used to be an instructor for the RAF flying scholarships, it was a total joy taking these fresh faced information sponges, they had to do an abridged syllabus of 30 hours and were expected to solo within 15 hours, most of them made it under 10.

It's frustrating to say it being an instructor (luckily it's a moonlighting job for me) but if you think money is going to be an issue then then is not for you, but as someone else mentioned there is always the sport pilot licence route, it's a bit limiting but it gets you into the air.