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Hi,
Ive seen in a few pilot magazines where there is job for FI's with 30k salary. Others i have seen is £24.50ph wages.
I thought a FI wage was paltry and people were struggling. I wouldnt struggle on either of them.
In the 20k instance would that be a stable, secure job do you think?
If so i think i might go for the FI course and try to get a job doing that.
Matt
Ive seen in a few pilot magazines where there is job for FI's with 30k salary. Others i have seen is £24.50ph wages.
I thought a FI wage was paltry and people were struggling. I wouldnt struggle on either of them.
In the 20k instance would that be a stable, secure job do you think?
If so i think i might go for the FI course and try to get a job doing that.
Matt
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£24.50 per flying hour sounds quite good, however after 12 years of instructing part time I am on £16 per flying hour. Not had a pay rise for 4 years seems unlikely that a pay rise will be due in the near future. As always it's a question of supply and demand, unfortunately, as I see it, although the supply of FI's have reduced the demand for their services have reduced at a greater rate due to the economic downturn, fuel as we know is going up almost daily and I suspect that the leisure industry is going to be hit hard, I really hope that I am wrong, but I don't think so.
Good luck with your pursuit to become an FI, it is really rewarding and if I could afford to live on an FI wage I would become full time without hesitation.
Good luck with your pursuit to become an FI, it is really rewarding and if I could afford to live on an FI wage I would become full time without hesitation.
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There have been several vacancy/pay threads recently. In respect of 2 recent ads in 2 leading mags only 3 replies were received by the advertiser. The jobs were advertised at over £20k and in the end one job was taken by an FI(R) who had not finished his course at the time!! A small club using say a C150 may utilise it upto 5 times per day when busy. Operate this 7 days each week and the potential is 35 hrs per week per aircraft but this is not realistic with our weather. An new FI(R) should be aiming for 20 hrs per week. A reasonable rate is £20 per flying hour and maybe a retainer from some companies. Salaries and fly pay are available but it sounds like you have not really researched FI yet. 20hrs x 50wks = 1000 hrs per year probably not realistic but at 50 weeks x 10 hrs/week = min of £10,000 PA so just check numbers of FI and aircraft check the recent history in the authorisation sheets and make an estimate of what is reasonable for you. There are many different ways of paying instructors. It varies with season and availability. It is a great way to learn to fly well and get paid too but mortgages can be a real pain to pay regularly at times. Good luck...
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Hi Matt,
I'm guessing that the advert for £30000 per year was at a commercial flight school. Probably looking at IR training, etc. As an inexperienced instructor you wouldn't be in a position to do this type of work.
With regards to your mention of a rate of £24.50 per hour I would say that this isn't an unrealistic figure for an unrestricted instructor. Possibly no retainer though. Therefore £24.50 x 550 hours per year (on average..could be less) = £13475 per year. OK if you're still living at home with your mum, but a bit of a nightmare if you have a family to support.
It's a great job. Good luck.
I'm guessing that the advert for £30000 per year was at a commercial flight school. Probably looking at IR training, etc. As an inexperienced instructor you wouldn't be in a position to do this type of work.
With regards to your mention of a rate of £24.50 per hour I would say that this isn't an unrealistic figure for an unrestricted instructor. Possibly no retainer though. Therefore £24.50 x 550 hours per year (on average..could be less) = £13475 per year. OK if you're still living at home with your mum, but a bit of a nightmare if you have a family to support.
It's a great job. Good luck.
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Just remember most schools pay per flying hour, and for every hour you spend flying, you probably spend another hour on the ground refuelling aircraft, updating student records, booking out, filling in auth sheets, chasing up no show's etc..
If you work at it and get a few add-ons to your rating (Night, IMC) etc then you can make an ok living, but the pay is unpredictable, and its a case of working like a dog on good weather days to make up for the endless bad weather ones.
If you work at it and get a few add-ons to your rating (Night, IMC) etc then you can make an ok living, but the pay is unpredictable, and its a case of working like a dog on good weather days to make up for the endless bad weather ones.
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Don't quote me but at FI(R) level I don't think you will earn as much in the USA as you will in the UK. Better weather there so depending on terms & conditions at the operation you fly with you should get more hours in per month on average than the UK. Remember to drink plenty of water! Is it wise? Very subjective due to individual desires and preferences. One mans heaven/ another mans hell etc...
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I tried to get a job in the USA and was told that I could start in the morning BUT I had to sort out my own visa. That was the problem so I now work in Spain, I've done about 150 hors in seven weeks, the pay is ok and it's really cheap to live. Good luck!!
