Instructing for life?
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Instructing for life?
I was just wondering how many of you guys out there have chosen to instruct as a career and how many of you are simply hours building. Personally, I originally became an instructor to hours build towards a "proper" flying job but after instructing for a while and finding teaching more enjoyable than i thought it would be i am reconsidering and am thinking about instruction as a career. Any thoughts?
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I love instructing, but I only do it part-time, at weekends, simply because it doesn't pay enough to make it financially worth my while to give up the day job, much as I would like to. I don't see how you can make a decent living out of flying instruction unless you work for one of the commercial schools or perhaps are CFI at a club/school.
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Icarus If you fancy it give it a go I did it for 17 years but the money was always ----- even as a CPL BX AND CLUB C.F.I. so dont bank on big bucks.Unless its somewhere like Oxford Air Training.You will meet some great people and get some great flying in all sorts of A/C. But you will still be broke.TO MAKE A MILLION IN FLYING START WITH 2 MILLION. Just go for it the industry needs instructors.
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Like GT I instruct on a part time basis and have done so for about 11 years. I take my hat off to those that instruct full time with no intention of going to the airlines. There is money to be made at the top end of the instructional market and commercial instructing pays more than many new right hand seats. However to get this far you've got to be poorer for longer.
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Guys,
to slightly detour from the nature of this thread I am an airline pilot having recently left the RAF. I was a CFS A2 Tucano QFI for my last tour which I enjoyed immensely. I enjoy my job but would like to do some part time instructing for the satisfaction it offers. I live 5nm S of farnboro' and obtained my JAA FI rating just b4 I left the RAF. Anybody out there have any contacts in my neck of the woods regarding this post?
to slightly detour from the nature of this thread I am an airline pilot having recently left the RAF. I was a CFS A2 Tucano QFI for my last tour which I enjoyed immensely. I enjoy my job but would like to do some part time instructing for the satisfaction it offers. I live 5nm S of farnboro' and obtained my JAA FI rating just b4 I left the RAF. Anybody out there have any contacts in my neck of the woods regarding this post?
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You could try contacting the Polular Flying Association (PFA). They have a coaching scheme, including assistant coaches to do people's 1 hour instructional flight required every two years for revalidation of a single engine piston (SEP) class rating.
You would need to be current on SEP aircraft, preferably tailwheel and/or the more demanding PFA types
[This message has been edited by babble (edited 23 October 2000).]
You could try contacting the Polular Flying Association (PFA). They have a coaching scheme, including assistant coaches to do people's 1 hour instructional flight required every two years for revalidation of a single engine piston (SEP) class rating.
You would need to be current on SEP aircraft, preferably tailwheel and/or the more demanding PFA types
[This message has been edited by babble (edited 23 October 2000).]
