It is a fact there there are more instructors chasing fewer jobs this year than in the last 5 at least.
Anecdotal point - there have been no FI vacancies advertised in Pilot/Flyer/Flight this year whereas last year there were at least half a dozen.
I know of plenty of people with ratings and experience unable to find full time summer FI work.
Many are scratching around with a few hours in the week and a bit of weekend checkout and trial flight work.
In 1999 I was doing 100hrs a month, 9 - 5 Mon - Fri, with an incentive scheme to fly above that, the Boss was struggling to find enough new instructors and half way through the summer we demanded a pay rise.
There is merit in completing a FI rating at the moment. But not much. It could take a long time to repay the £5,500.
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