Playing the devil's advocate, and although I am all for instructors getting some kind of "incentive" to teach, I can see how paid instruction might not be [the] solution. What I mean is, I've seen too many so-called "instructors" simply stand around and prevent beginners from crashing, (not in all cases) and not have a clue on how to truly instruct. The do this year end and year out and the student never seems to improve and in some cases, regress.

Then there is the case of instructor burnout. If instructors are now going through burnout only teaching 10 minutes per lesson, once or twice a week, what can be expected if the instructor is paid by the hour, to stay with more than one hard to teach student?

BTW, although AMA doesn't seem to want to broadcast that they allow paid instruction...that is if the club pays the instructor. In theory, the student pays the club and the club pays the instructor. That way, they can take out their "cut" before the instructor gets paid.

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