Flight Safety jobs

[Talian]

Wondering if anyone has been employed with Flight Safety as a Sim/Ground instructor? From what I can tell pay and benefits are very good as well as quality of life. This seems like a good position for someone that prefers to be home at night. Advice or comments from people who have done this would be appreciated.

 

[awacs]

Fsi

Currently employed with FSI. Good place, but like any aviation job it can be stressful. OK benefits that are nothing to scream about.

What is your background in corporate aviation? They like to hire people with types, and time in type. Also, you need to be able to get up in front of people and speak. You would be surprised how many people just can't hack the public speaking bit.


Good luck,

AWACS

 

[Talian]

A small amount of corporate aviation exp. Lr24,BE200, MU2. The ad for on FSI website doesnt state time in type just ATP if teaching on an aircraft that requires a type rating and 2000 PIC. Understand that they would look more favorably at people with corporate experience but gonna apply anyway. I have over 2700 as a CFI and 700 teaching at Sabena Airline in sims. How big are the classes you have to teach in front of?

 

[awacs]

Class size

Classes can be as large as 16. In the CL-300 its been 16 per class for over 3 months.

AWACS

 

[indefinitehold]

Come to the dark side (having fun) Luke! CAE (brand X or Y as our clients like to refer to FS and CAE) is hiring as well, just an FYI.

 

[acaTerry]

I've been to FSI for 5 type ratings and countless recurrents and only met one instructor who was unhappy (and believe me this guy was born pissed off).
I'd give it a shot. It looks like a good job. I just couldn't handle being indoors that much.

 

[EatinRamen]

Can anybody shed light on what the starting pay for an instructor at FlightSafety is like?

 

[awacs]

FSI pay

Pay will differ from center to center, and which aircraft you will be teaching. In Wilmington, De , I'd say about $75,000 for a corp jet. At other places I'd say $55K to $70K.

Without more info, its a guess.

AWACS

 

[Lynxman]

$65k King Air 350

 

[T-1GUY]

Wow, If that is what good pay is, you are truly treading on the bottom...

 

[awacs]

pay

No, that's the way it is. People have lost jobs and/or careers and FSI knows it. That's why the pay is low. This should be one of the best paying jobs in the industry. The amount of talent that resides in the building is staggering.

AWACS

 

[CUBMAN]

I left FSI a couple of years ago, not saying what program due to the small world of aviation effect, but I can say that the center I worked in provided little if any quality of life and little incentive to stay. Pay started in the low 60's and went up incrementally (if you were lucky). It is owned by Berkshire Hathaway so expect less than industry standard pay. I would not recommend it as a career unless you cant pass a physical.

 

[awacs]

pay

^^^ What he said.


AWACS

 

[30West]

Been with FSI a year. After 15 years in the airlines having to deadhead between 800 to 7000 miles to get to the jet it's a nice change of pace being 3 miles form work, home every night, paycheck on time and for the correct amount every time, and free from constant threat of furlough. Pay could be higher but I am certainly living comfortably, and within my means.
As aca Terry mentioned, I have yet to meet someone in any of the centers I have been in that is genuinely unhappy. As with any job in aviation some days you are the dog, some days you're the hydrant. Difference for me here vs. the airlines is that since I've been here most days I'm the dog.
If you still view the cockpit as the end all be all of aviation jobs you won't be happy here. If you dreaded every hour of CFI time you did you won't be happy here.
I'm on my second company paid type rating in less than a year. While it's not a flying job, you will always be 293 and 297 current. Depending on which center/program you are in, there is opportunity for contract work which can help you stay current in the aircraft, and put a few extra bucks in your pocket.
Like everything else it is what you make of it. For me it's not a bad place to hide out for a few years until/IF the industry unfarks itself.