Oxford recruiting

[Night Rider]

I have recently heard that Oxford Air Training are looking for new instructors. Any info (salary, training involved etc...)on these jobs would be appreciated.

Thanks


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[porridge]

Night Rider - you heard correctly. Go to www.oxfordaviation.net (http://www.oxfordaviation.net) and scroll to the bottom right side and click on "more instructors required". If you call Haydn Annis he will give you all the details.
Good luck.

[Ivan Ivanovich]

I understand that there is currently a bounty scheme for existing intructors if they manage to secure a new instructor who stays for at least 6 months. It's a kind of "introduce a friend" scheme. The instructor who does the introducing gets £500! Not bad. Do a deal with someone and net half, perhaps?

Beware though, I understand there is a bond for the Standards Training. A bit noughty, that. At least with a type rating you have something to show for the bond.

Salaries are in the order of £16000 basic plus flight pay at about £15/hr. Could amount to slightly more than most turbo prop first officer positions.

[capt beeky]

So that means pay has only dropped £10-15K in 2years. Assuming you don't count 'bonus' of course.

I see that the instructors office is also returning to its original style pre Daw/Petteford.

Wheel full circle?

[Ivan Ivanovich]

The salary suggested in my earlier post is for VFR instructors - probably PPL standard. I expect the CPL/IR instructors would get more. But this is an assumption!

[capt beeky]

Sorry Ivan. VFR instructors do teach up to the CPL skill test. IFR instructors teach single engine to PT4 and if multi, PT5.

The salary is based around Oxfords famous 'bonus'. If you work hours in excess of the guidlines in the OATs ops manual than you can earn as much as the instructors were paid as a flat rate salary 3 years ago. It is possible to earn good cash, but it isn't really safe flying at that tempo for prolonged operations - note the airprox rate.

The earnings assume of course that you are allocated students, and not ones on full time ground school, and then that you can get your hands on an aircraft.

OATS is returning slowly to some of the ways things were a few years ago - standerds flight reinstituted, building layout returning to suit new 'team' structure for instructors. Of course they won't admit that. The late lamented course managers became unworkable Senior Flying Instructors (too many students) and now are changing into Team Leaders, ie course managers. Are you familiar with Petronius Arbiter, the Roman governer of Bithynia Pontus in AD65?

[Night Rider]

Thank's for all the info folk's !!!!!

HAPPY FLYING

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