PPL(H) school recommendation

[Wannawhirl]

Hi,

I have around 180 hours on fixed wing aircraft and microlights. I'm looking at completing a PPL(H). Could anyone recommend a school, I live in Hampshire but would be willing to travel further afield. I have looked at Fast at Thruxton and Elite and Pheonix at Goodwood. It would appear hourly rate is around £280-300 ph on the R22, including VAT, landing fees etc. Is this the going rate, or is there anywhere else more cost effective?

Many thanks

[bom]

I'm training in Swansea and pay £280 per single hour including VAT in an R22.
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Training for PPL(H), now at 15 hrs - R22

[Wannawhirl]

Hi,

Can anyone give any further recommendations?

Thanks

[PilotWolf]

Can't give any recommendations but hourly rates rarely if ever included landing fees...

W.

PS Welcome across from the dark side!
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[Hughes500]

PW

My school includes all landing fees, reasonable amount of grond school and ground exams in the £ 285 an hour I charge for a 300

[PilotWolf]

[Hughes500]

PW

Easy really I pay the landing fees the student doesnt, all in the price !

[PilotWolf]

[Hughes500]

PW
You may well be right there on the money front, but I hate the marketing hype of trying to make yourself looker cheaper by hitting the student at every opportunity further into the course
I look at the long term, it is more important to look after your clients and be fair " what you see is what you get". The best recommendations are from happy customers, ask Loachboy about various companies trying to charge for extras that were promised, do they have him as a customer now - no.
You will find that most helicopter operations are run by people who have not an idea how to run a business, most only think of putting up charges and hence profit, when things are tight They forget that it is happy customers through the door and customers who stay loyal is the most important thing, that leads to long term profit. Nothing upsets people more than being charged an extra £ 10 for a landing fee when you have just paid £ 600 for a couple of lessons, crass really

[veeany]

I think it depends on the location, I used to work at a place where the landing and circuit fees would end up over £50 per session, despite being based operators. People would still pay it as they had to travel a lot less to get to the school than anywhere else and they valued their time, needless to say the management would often not mention it when first selling courses to students which was very wrong, and I would often get moaned at for pointing it out.

It needs pointing out at the beginning what you are paying for and why.

Some places charge an all in fee to their operators, some very little if anything for landings and circuits, others charge for the privilege of preventing a housing estate occupying the place concerned.
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Gary

[LoachBoy]