Originally Posted by
tsgas
Flight schools should think about hiring older instructors and offering them living wages and benefits .
tsgas,
The idea has been proposed but I suspect it'll not get much traction or at least not enough to turn any tide. Instructing has historically been a steppingstone for low(ish)-time guys to build hours. There are people who make a career of av education at the university level where the pay/benefits/lifestyle are good...or the guy flying elsewhere for a living who instructs because he enjoys it. I don't have stats on that but suspect they're relatively few in number. The statistically insignificant number of people I knew in the Part 121 world stopped instructing when liability became a threat.
A CFI shortage is becoming a "thing":
https://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/...-230828-1.html