Do Aussie flight schools want mature age but newly qualified instructors
Most Aussie newly qualified flying instructors appear to be young and on their way to the airlines. So my question is what are the prospects for say a 55 year old CPL (never an instructor) who is considering a late career change to become a newly qualified GA instructor?
Do flight schools appreciate their maturity, life experience, strong work ethic, customer service skills and longer term commitment to the school (ie not time building). Or are mature new instructors seen as long in the tooth, not pliable (ie not yielding to authority) and wrong image?
On the face of it, the financial return for becoming an instructor don't justify the cost of becoming a cat 3 instructor. Would a mature newly qualified instructor but high hours, multi and instrument expect to progress quickly to ME IR training and presumably higher pay?