Pilots jobs/ renewals or FI(R) course
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yer, if i do the JAA FI(R) rating in America i will have to pay for the training cost to get the rating.
plus it will cost me to live and rent for 2/3 months afterwards to get 200hrs. which seem the best way of coming back to get a instructors job in the u.k. i know of 2 places still taking on flying instructors, but it is unpaid work.
it is hours of flying after all!!
Note: i will be renewaling my IR rating in the u.k in the simulator to keep the cost down. but i will not be doing the renewal of the mep rating due to the extra cost. however i could do the renewal the mep rating in the states if i go back out there when or if i do an instructor rating?
i have low hours flying hours, no avaition job. tried in other area and found nothing, so i work in a cold calling centre!!!!! FUN!!
it paids the pill at the moment!!
help!!!
plus it will cost me to live and rent for 2/3 months afterwards to get 200hrs. which seem the best way of coming back to get a instructors job in the u.k. i know of 2 places still taking on flying instructors, but it is unpaid work.
it is hours of flying after all!!
Note: i will be renewaling my IR rating in the u.k in the simulator to keep the cost down. but i will not be doing the renewal of the mep rating due to the extra cost. however i could do the renewal the mep rating in the states if i go back out there when or if i do an instructor rating?
i have low hours flying hours, no avaition job. tried in other area and found nothing, so i work in a cold calling centre!!!!! FUN!!
it paids the pill at the moment!!
help!!!
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First it was self-sponsored type-ratings, then came paying for your rating and for 'airline experience' (in other words working for free). Now you're telling us that a company in the US expects you to instruct for free so you can get 'instructing experience'.
Taking the piss surely?
The simple fact is, if there are no instructor jobs out there, then having 200 hours of instructing experience will not be of any help anyway, and you'll be even more in debt.
If things start to pick up then you can do an instructor rating, but I wouldn't rush to do one now. If you are determined to renew your IR, do it on the sim, but really a current IR is not a necessity anyway.
Taking the piss surely?
The simple fact is, if there are no instructor jobs out there, then having 200 hours of instructing experience will not be of any help anyway, and you'll be even more in debt.
If things start to pick up then you can do an instructor rating, but I wouldn't rush to do one now. If you are determined to renew your IR, do it on the sim, but really a current IR is not a necessity anyway.
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flyhighspeed300,
If I get what you're saying right then you're thinking of going out to the states to get your JAA FI(r) rating and then work out in the states for 100 - 200 hours?
If I've got that wrong then ignore the following
If I got it right then I think there's 2 problems here:
1. I might be wrong about this but its worth you're checking - I think to instruct in the states you also need an FAA CPL and Flight Instructor Rating as well as your JAA one.
2. Unless you hold an American passport there is no visa that would cover you to do the FI course and then work in the States (whether paid or unpaid). The only visa that kind of covers this is if you go from zero to FI then you can work in the states for 1 month for every 3 months you were training, I believe upto a maximum of 3 months work.
Just something for you to check out before you make your decision to do it in the states or not.
If I get what you're saying right then you're thinking of going out to the states to get your JAA FI(r) rating and then work out in the states for 100 - 200 hours?
If I've got that wrong then ignore the following
If I got it right then I think there's 2 problems here:
1. I might be wrong about this but its worth you're checking - I think to instruct in the states you also need an FAA CPL and Flight Instructor Rating as well as your JAA one.
2. Unless you hold an American passport there is no visa that would cover you to do the FI course and then work in the States (whether paid or unpaid). The only visa that kind of covers this is if you go from zero to FI then you can work in the states for 1 month for every 3 months you were training, I believe upto a maximum of 3 months work.
Just something for you to check out before you make your decision to do it in the states or not.
