Best place for grade 3 instructors
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Best place for grade 3 instructors
G'day. I am currently at Moorabbin completing my CPL with NVFR, and I should finish the course in February. Then I am going for a Grade 3 Instructor rating, so I was wondering what is the best place for a junior instructor to get that desired first job, or if you wish, what is the place with the greatest shortage. Another question is if nowdays with the current situation a person must get the rating at the school he is planning to work for, or if schools accept instructors trained elsewhere. Thank you very much, any advice will be highly appreciated.
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Call around. There is a pretty big instructor shortage at the moment and you should be able to line up a job with the company you do your rating with before you pay your money. Once you've got the hours go work for one of the cadet factories and build build build your time.
I did my rating about 6 years ago, got to senior grade three then stopped flying for the past 3 years, yet I've been offered 2 instructing jobs since I've started making enquiries about getting back into the industry.
Good luck
I did my rating about 6 years ago, got to senior grade three then stopped flying for the past 3 years, yet I've been offered 2 instructing jobs since I've started making enquiries about getting back into the industry.
Good luck
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The best place for grade 3 instructors?
The bin - that's if you have just done your CPL, followed by your G3 rating solely for the purpose of building hours!
If you have consolidated your CPL license with some charter/scenic flying and aquired some practical skills you can pass on, then any flying training organisation that can put you to good use...
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If you have consolidated your CPL license with some charter/scenic flying and aquired some practical skills you can pass on, then any flying training organisation that can put you to good use...
rN
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The bin - that's if you have just done your CPL, followed by your G3 rating solely for the purpose of building hours!
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Buddy, I know many excellent instructors that even if are doing the job for filling their logbook, are very professional. One of those is my current instructor. And please, don't tell me that the major part of them is instructing because they want to do that for the rest of their life.
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Buddy, I know many excellent instructors that even if are doing the job for filling their logbook, are very professional. One of those is my current instructor. And please, don't tell me that the major part of them is instructing because they want to do that for the rest of their life.
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That's great, and hats off to those who realise they are being paid as pilot and portray proffesionalism as such. However I have encoutered many who don't and as even some who shouldn't have a CPL let alone one being rated to teach others to fly - I think the system is partially to blame here.
You are correct in stating that most are there to learn and graduate onto the next gig with accrued hours being the yardstick but it has to be demonstrated in their attitude towards the job. This is the reason I chose not to instruct (cutting my nose off inspite etc...) and have benefitted from more diverse experiences.
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You are correct in stating that most are there to learn and graduate onto the next gig with accrued hours being the yardstick but it has to be demonstrated in their attitude towards the job. This is the reason I chose not to instruct (cutting my nose off inspite etc...) and have benefitted from more diverse experiences.
rN
