Hell son, in the last millenium I knew that flying instructors were paid peanuts. Then I became on and proved it on £10 an hour airborne - plus £10 a day retainer. And we really did think we were lucky.
At the moment there are at LEAST 300 guys who have done an FI rating in the last year and NOBODY has got a non instructing job for months now. If I was a flying school owner (Dr Evil) I'd be offering you work for free in exchange for hours in your logbook. Certainly by next Spring that will be the situation.
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