FI’s have never had it so good tbh. I have been doing it for years part time on £12 to £20.00 an hour recently been offered a job with a decent salary very good benefits. Funnily enough benefits better than most employed jobs I’ve ever had pension private medical joining bonus etc. I’m lucky it has never been my main income stream but the days of not being paid very well has changed will it last who knows but to get paid to do something I’ve always enjoyed at 55 is something I’m grateful for. As with everything in aviation have a backup plan as things change fast especially as we move towards global slow down. I’m told if you have a FI multi IR with IRI you can earn very good money I’m just SEP and CPL. There is a real shortage, best thing I every did was an FI rating, kept me flying through very lean periods in aviation.