Getting a job

[andyg]

I am thinking about taking my ATPL exams followed by a couple of months of doing multi/CPL and Instructor courses. Does anyone have any idea what the turnover of instructors through flying schools are and the availability of positions as flying instructors?

Obviously I would be an instructor with the bare minimum in terms of experience. Would a school prefer a minimum of an IR as well, or IMC? Or even a minimum amount of hours, say 500 or so....

Has anyone managed to secure, or partially secure, a job as a flying instructor BEFORE undertaking the training to do so?

Thanks

Andy



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[ClearBlueWater]

1. Low turn over of instructors at present owing to lack of through flow to airlines. Few instructor opportunities.

2. Typically instructors will have ATPL (frozen) including IR.

3. As long as you have the qualifications you can apply for the availale instructing jobs. As ever, the more experience you have the nearer the top of the pile of applications your CV will be.

4. No.

[essouira]

There's been a lot of discussion on this topic - it may be worth your while looking at past threads. Good luck for the future - whatever you decide

[jsf]

There are jobs out there and if you work at it I'm sure you will get one.

Be prepared to work anywhere in the UK for very poor wages and very long hours.

You must be able to be pleasant when you really want to shout, and to bite your tonge when you want to tell the boss to stick his job up his a***hole.

You need to have the patience of a saint and nerves of steel (initially).

Oh! and you'll need five grand fir the FI(R) course first.

But if you work hard you'll find it the most rewarding job on the planet!

jsf