Advice for a wannabe career instructor
With any luck, come this weekend i should be the ever-so-proud holder of a UK JAA PPL! Wish me luck! Anyway getting onto the point of this post. I am hoping, at this very late stage in life (35), to go on and hopefully become a career instructor. Am i correct in assuming that the correct route would be as follows?
PPL
ATPL/CPL
Instructor rating
Maybe an IMC rating thrown in for good measure. (Is it really necessary to obtain an instrument rating?).
Also, how realistic is it to expect a full time salaried postion at the end of it all? I know many flight training organisations are desperate for instructors, who don't want to use them as a stepping stone to bigger things. Surely there are some who would be willing to assist with the cost of training, perhaps in return for a pledge of X number of years service?
This is a subject i'm having difficulty in finding answers to. Any help would be massively appreciated.
J
Edinburgh.