Getting back to the original post for those considering instructing with CS and interested in the pay.
From what I know there’s quite a few unhappy campers since the change of management. New management have enforced a new pay scale and slashed all the well publicised allowances previously paid by CS. Those on the old scale (started prior to management change) still receive the same pay as before but management refuse to give them anything in writing to guarantee what they currently get, so how long they will receive it is any bodies guess. One can’t help but think that it will either only be until there are enough experienced lower paid newbies to fill the void by the inevitable walk out by the snr instructors if their pay is cut, or they will wait for the snr instructors to move on and employ all new instructors on the new scale with the expectation the newbies will be happy to have a job and sign whatever they are offered.
Any existing instructors paid on the old scale wanting to upgrade their instructor ratings are forced onto the new scale if they do, which offers considerably less in terms of the allowances that CS previously paid. This is the case even if they have been employed by CS for over a yr or more. So basically, if they’re wanting to upgrade from grade 3 to grade 2 or grade 2/1 single to mutli engine training they will get 5-15k a yr less (depending on grade & hrs flown) than they were previously on. This is despite the added responsibility and in the case of the Phase 4 guys forking out BIG $$$$ for their META, IFR approval, ect. Also, any new instructor goes on the new pay scale and will effectively be getting paid less then someone doing the exact same job as them but who started prior to the management change.