Jim,
13000 hours in turboprops ? All that hand flying experience, all that instrument flying ?
Cabair, Oxford, Bae.. any of the big training schools need that experience for ab-initio sim instructing. Whether they have any openings is something you'll have to find out, but I imagine it would be a very rewarding job. The pay is pretty good too as RVR800 mentioned.
I doubt whether you would get a look-in at the larger airline-training outfits as they tend to hire experienced skippers/trainers on type who have lost/lapsed their licence etc.
The CPL schools, though, would be very interested, I'm sure, and you do not need an FI rating. The old 509 rules required you to be checked out and signed off by the CAA - not a problem for someone with your pedigree, but a quick call to the CAA should sort out the new (if any) JAR requirements.
If you would like to email me at
[email protected] (this is my own email for prrune use and in no way related to the site), I can give you the name and address of the chief sim instructor at Cabair in Cranfield, nr. Milton Keynes. Very nice guy. If he can't give you a job, he might know someone who can. Admin and computer experience would be a great bonus there, believe me !
Regards