CABAIR many years before going bankrupt had shown an interest in taking me on as a Ground Instructor for the technical subjects. My Engineering experience wasn't necessarily that relevant to teaching the ATPL subjects but the fact I was an Aerospace Engineer may have added creditability to the role.
At that time the only flying experience I had was flight instructing. So yes becoming a ground instructor for the ATPL theory would be viable once you have completed your CPL/IR and ATPL subjects.
However once you have studied aerospace engineering at degree level, teaching ATPL theory would almost be like teaching lower secondary school level stuff. The ATPL theory is quite simplified in some respects. So teaching the ATPL tech subjects will be just teaching the syllabus to what the exams require; quite often it isn't even necessarily technically correct in content. So for an Aero Engineer teaching ATPL theory may not be that satisfying.
Last edited by portsharbourflyer; 5th Feb 2014 at 23:48.