A great opportunity or a trap for the unwary?
If was to charge a day rate it would be £300
It sounds about right for a daily rate for an FI/Line Pilot on Robbies/Cabris/Bells
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the only Helicopter Company with bases and operations in every region of the British Isles
That's stretching a Cabri, an robbo and a Jetranger a bit thin on the ground, isn't it?
Still a very big claim though.
Instructors are not really that common at the moment I dont think and maybe qualified instructors are selling themselves short, I was earning £60 p/h PPL, £250-£300 p/d line pilot & £250-£300 p/d adhoc PPL.
Also now giving it some thought, besides the initial outlay, it could be a route into the industry due to the large pleasure flying that Northumbria do around the UK. Now hands up here I dont work for Northumbria and have no affiliation with them but from my experience it is HARD getting traction in this industry. Knowing what I know now would I risk £200 to try get into the industry quicker....yes the answer is yes, its a risk worth taking. Roughly getting to FI costs about £65000 to CPL about £70000 and to IR about £110000, thinking about it this way what is £200 in the grand scheme of things?
Blimey maybe its a northern thing then, as the school i was recently talking to were struggling.
FI’s and ‘Decent” FI’s are two completely different things. If I thought I could make £60 an hour regularly as an FI I’d go renew my rating. I loved instructing but moved on in the industry after working for too many crap schools who, by the sounds of things, still haven’t really increased the hourly rate for instructors in 20 years!