Career FI - Does the school care?
Hi,
I've done a few searches to make sure I'm not starting an old thread, and I've got some useful information on pay, conditions and the shortage of IR/CPL instructors.
However, I didn't manage to find any reference to a Flying School treating a career FI any different to an ATPL hour building FI prior to the big job. (For PPL instructing that is).
I've heard some moans from local students and the School top brass about no continuity with Instructors, and the hope that a "mature" instructor with no Airline ambitions would be a good thing for both the school and the students...but...
Would a school actually give preferential treatment in terms of selection/pay/conditions/permanent full time job to an older, local FI? Or, as there always seems to be a healthy supply of ATPL's, why bother?
cheers
Gugnunc