Flight training at S & S Aviation

Three IFR-equipped 172s priced per tail with their avionics listed. The site does not state whether fuel is included.

1. 1

   What do you charge per hour for flight instruction, and is ground instruction billed at the same rate?Missing from their site

   This is the number that is missing from the site. Ground is often billed separately and at a different rate.

2. 2

   Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?Missing from their site

   Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.

3. 3

   What does instruction cost per hour?Missing from their site

   Three aeroplanes are priced per tail with their avionics itemised and the instructor is not priced at all.

4. 4

   Are the rates wet?

   The site never says, and fuel is roughly a third of the hourly cost.

5. 5

   Do you offer block rates or prepay discounts, and what is the refund policy if I stop partway?

   Block discounts are common and rarely published. The refund terms matter more than the discount.

6. 6

   What do you charge for the written test, the checkride, and the examiner's fee?

   The DPE fee alone runs $800 to $1,200 in most of the country and is almost never in a quoted hourly rate.

7. 7

   How many trainers and how many full-time instructors do you have right now?

   Availability decides your pace, and pace decides your total more than the hourly rate does.

What to compare their answer against

Not S & S Aviation's rates. The middle of what 3 South Carolina schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. S & S Aviation is not in it.

What we checked

A per-tail card with no instruction rate, the commonest shape in this directory. Checked August 13, 2026.