Attention Please Flight Instructors

[350DRIVER]

There are a lot of left seat King Air guys that don't make 45k.

Do what will make you happy.

I found that somewhat comical and ironic that you mentioned that. . . A pilot I know has been with one specific company for close to 8 years now as a King Air 350 and C90B captain and he just got his third or so raise and he is now up to a spectacular $40,000 a year. Things that should make one go hmmm.... The sad part of this is that he has interviewed with quite a few regionals/fracs and they all have turned him away due to a 1,000 or so hours logged as sic time in aircraft that were certified for single pilot ops and a 135 cert. where the ops specs didn't require a sic to be onboard. I could never imagine someone having 8 years or so and only bringing in 40K a year, pretty disgusting if you ask me.


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[Goose Egg]

In a word, no, not for that substantial of a pay cut (especially if I could make $45k as a flight instructor!)

Fortunately, I'll never have to make that decision. If you have enough time, and they paid equally, I'd go for the turbine SIC or cargo/freight PIC.

Just out of curiosity, why do you ask? Do you have a CFI job that pays $45K?

-Goose

 

[JRSLim]

A simple yes or no? how about Maybe?

Right now I am working a night job to 'allow' me to instruct. Common story, but like has already been said, $45K as a flight instructor? Show me where.
I'd be real happy.. to live where I live and have a nice middle class existance teaching people not to hit the ground.
To answer the question though, it would depend if I would take a 'pay cut' for a job other than instructing. I enjoy instructing quite a lot, but would like to have something flying a Baron or King Air that paid the bills and had a nice consistant schedule. I wouldn't take a pay cut to fly right seat in a plane that didn't need it, thats almost PFT there.