Employment Prospects for Freshly Minted FI(R)?
Hi Everyone,
I'm currently considering the FI(R) course. Since I work full-time, my eventual instructing would probably be done part-time (with no intentions to hop onto the next available airline job). In selecting my FI(R) school, I am obviously considering employment prospects as well.
I know that some schools tend to employ their own FI(R) graduates (which adds some comfort to employment prospects) and some schools teach the FI(R) course but do not teach PPL and therefore no potential employment.
My questions are:
Employment Prospects:
How employable are freshly minted FI(R) instructors with zero instruction hours? If one does not have a job possibly lined up, is one in an equivalent situation with fATPLs in the airline job market (i.e. very difficult to get a job due to inexperience and competition)?
Factors for Hiring:
What factors are considered by schools hiring instructors? The candidate's availability (full-time/part time) and personality/attitude aside, what makes one candidate objectively stand out from others? TT/P1 hours above the minimum requirements? IR (which I have)?
Advanced Instructing:
There are obviously restrictions (Night/Multi/IR) to remove from the FI rating (and courses to take) once you achieve the 100 hours/25 solos. But how soon will schools let instructors teach the advanced subjects? I know the bigger schools require 1000+ hours of PPL instruction before they consider you for CPL/IR/ME instruction.
Lots of things that I need guidance on, but many thanks in advance!