After several months of being a member of the PPRUNE community, it appears to me that everybody wants to do the one thing "be a commercial airline pilot".
However, I am different. I dont want to be an airline pilot. My main goal is to become a flying instructor - probably part time.
Am I mad to say this ? Am I the only one ? People here usually say they would be a flying instructor just to build hours towards flying for an airline.
I have good prospects in the IT industry and will graduate next year. I will start PPL training then everything else etc then would be happy to look for some instructing work part time as well as my IT career.
Is anybody else in roughly the same boat and how difficult is it these days to become an instructor ?
I have read so many negative things about being an instructor - the main one being the lack of pay - but this is why I would settle for part time - I just love flying and teaching other people - passing on knowledge to help others.
Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes
Lee
