People pay for tennis lessons, heck, people pay to learn how to use Quicken and its so easy a dead hamster could use it.

I think the important question here is whether having paid instructors would be good for the HOBBY.

Our training night was great, but there were about 4 instructors and about 6 students. 3 of the instructors liked to haze newbies, smoked alot, and didn't do much teaching. They mostly stood beside you and looked bored.

I would have paid to have the good instructor to myself for an hour or two. I would pay now to have a couple of private sessions with my new 4*60.

Obviously, paid instructors would have to compete with free instructors, so they would pretty much have to develop a good reputation.

Obviously, if they use club facilities for profit, they would have to make appropriate arrangements with the club. (But how many people go fly on Tuesday night?)

Finally, what about this hobby is free?