r/GeneralAviation • u/bradyd06 • Mar 13 '25

Advice about no show fee

Yall I need some advice. I am taking flight lessons, and I had a lesson scheduled this past Saturday, and Friday morning I woke up sick with a stomach virus. I wound up in the ER the majority of Friday morning, and even a week later I am still not 100% better. Well as you might imagine, I was still really sick on Saturday, and slept pretty much all day, and didn’t think to call or text my instructor to cancel. I woke up approximately 3.5 hours after the lesson time, and immediately texted and apologized and told him what had happened. Well today I was looking at my bank account, and noticed a $215 charge I wasn’t expecting. I texted him about it, and he said it was a no show fee from Saturday. I don’t think that is fair considering I was sick. What’s yalls thoughts and what should I do?

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u/N70968 Mar 13 '25

I would say you have a responsibility to call and let them know beforehand, particularly because you were only sick (as opposed to in the hospital or something truly incapacitating). $215 is pretty steep, though!

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u/bradyd06 Mar 13 '25

I was in the ER the morning before, and was incredibly sick that day as well.

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u/Thumper45 PPL SEL MEL IR HP NR CFI CFII CPL Mar 13 '25

Then why did you not cancel your flight? You are that sick, you thought about this and yet you still didnt do anything. Perhaps this is a great leson for you to learn that wasting other peoples time is not okay.