I am a flight instructor in Canada.
But on an average, depending of course on the school you are going into and the number of students they have, you can rake it about 20 hours per month.
And that is bad. And this is basically for schools who have little students. Every school may hire you, but remember, you are pretty much commission based. Unless the school gives you a base pay, then you do not need to worry about $$$.
Average pay as an instructor down here is about $20-$25. So let's say, you rake in 20 hours per month with a pay of $25 per hour, you take home $500.
A lot of people tend to wonder, but this is the hard truth of the industry.
If the school is big, with lots of instructors and students, then politics will set in. The top 20% of the instructors will take a pie of 80% of the students.
That leaves the remaining 80% of the instructors to fight for the remaining students. And these remaining students are normally the type who do not show up, or have issues, or keep cancelling flights and have money issues. Basically the problem kids.
On the side lines, I think one should not really worry too much about the job later on. Do your training, give it your best shot and then speak to the CFI.
