Hi Mark24,
I would recommend you to finish your CPL and instructor rating in UK rather than Italy. I had the opportunity to deal with some Italian schools and I found them as big "pain in the neck" which I never expected.
Just to make an example, when I came back from the U.S. with my U.S. CPL I decided to convert it in Brescia Montichiari: my instructor was (a famous guy around here who wrote many aviation books). Not speaking about the instructor (who I'd prefere to kill rather than shake his hand...) I found this school quite well organised but not prepared at all to manage a student willing to spend there the shortest time possiblie. When I was ready to take the checkride for my CPL the director of the school refused to arrange the exam itself and preferred to delay it of two months in order to rent the only twin (an old Piper Seneca...) to a member of the Aeroculb willing to fly alot of hours with it. This episode pissed me off because of my desire to get my CPL as soon as possibile. Of course I cannot guarantee you that all flght schools in Italy are like Brescia but...
Also, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority is not so efficent as the UK CAA is...so better not to deal with these guys...
The only GOOD flight school I know in Italy is in Viterbo (about 30NM north of Rome): you might try to find out some infos on the web or asking in the forum...
Anyway I'd finally suggest you to get your instructor rating in the UK (Oxford is known as a VERY good school...) and, after that, plan to spend a couple of weeks by visiting each flight school in Northern Italy (or wherever you're planning to live), offering your Resume and asking for a job as an instructor.
I am not sure that there are so many job openings at this time, in particular for a "low time" instructor. But you can try...
I have no idea about the salary: when I was in Brescia the instructor costed me about €60/hour (which is not bad at all) but I am not sure that also a young and "low time" instructor can get the same money.
The knowledge of italian doesn't seems a big problem for me as you already know it well and it will certanely improve a little by the time you'll be here!
Hope this helps...
Fell free to ask more (if you have other doubts) and/or to contact me privately if you prefere (see my email on my profile).
CIAO
Last edited by pinguino; 9th Jun 2003 at 19:53.