how the hell do you know you will be happy as a full time instructor??? You don't even have a PPL ferchrissakes!!!
Well ... I don't. But I will asses my situation as well as the credit climate and the general aviation industry. I might struggle with my PPL and take 80hrs to get there, at which point I may decide to stick to Networking as a full time career (£60k+ pa contracting) and fly a LongEZ on the weekends.
What makes a medical student think he/she is cut out to be a doctor? They study for 5 years to become a surgeon keeping in mind they have never had to cut somebody up (at least I hope not) and never had to massage a heart in their bare hands soaked in blood. But people still take on medical degrees?
If you really want to fly for a living then leave out the instructor part and aim for a decent well paid job flying for airlines or corporate.
Might be worth telling all the wannabes in the 'Professional Pilot Training' section of this forum. For some reason they struggle to find a job with 250hrs and a fATPL?
On a more practical note, how do you even know you have the attributes (and skill) to be a flying instructor?.
As above, if it takes a long time to get my PPL and the FI whispers in my ear that a CPL will be a big struggle for me and I should just keep flying as a hobby then I guess I'll need to re-think. If I get my CPL and struggle with the FI course hen that's a pretty sure sign that I'm not cut out to become an instructor.
Instructing is (generally) very hard work, poorly paid, and only done for very long by those that wish they didn't have to.
Really? Are you saying 'lady in red' would rather be in a 737 with Ryanair as opposed to an instructor?
Instructing will give you better handling skills, but will not give you anything useful towards an airline job.
Maybe, so why do instructors stand a better chance with TP Op's than the usual run of the mill fATPL holder?
I know the answer is that the instructor will have 1,000+hrs of instructing with very little/no bad habits. So shorter time as a FO before becoming a skipper on a TP.
Hard hat strapped on tightly.......
I am open to both positive and negative comments
