ONCE AGAIN AND FOR THE FOURTH TIME:
I"m NOT paying $100k for an $18k/year job.
Paying $4500 for 100 hours of multi time is not the same.
Why the hell don't you get your MEI and get paid to fly that 100 hours instead of giving your $4500 bucks to some guy to drive his Duchess or whatever around?
And I believe we ALL paid maybe not quite a 100 grand, but a damm LOT of money for our ratings to get that initial $18k/year job.
You are being dicked out of so much money it's unreal. I'll break down my ratings for you:
200 hours (approx.) CE-152 time @ $45 bucks an hour = $9000 bucks. 20 hours or so in a PA28R commercial training, checkride, etc. @ $80 bucks an hour = $1600 bucks. Instructor time for say half that time @ $25 bucks an hour = $2750. Rest of time was built riding along with people I knew for time, etc. Multi rating was 15 hours @ $160 an hour for $2400 bucks. Instructor for that was say 20 hours at $30 bucks an hour = $600 bucks. Add in checkrides for Pvt through MEI, (initial CFI with the FAA was free) at $250 bucks apeice on average for another $1000 bucks. Airplane time about 10 hours (that's being REALLY liberal) at an average of $60 an hour = $600 bucks. Books, materials, etc. at $100 per rating (again that's REALLY liberal) = $500 bucks.
Add all that up for a grand total of $18,450 That got me getting PAID to fly. (Instructing). CFII and MEI were funded through that. And these damn academy PFT places are wanting SIX F-ING FIGURES? It's amazing to me what people that don't know any better will do. Even at today's insurance and fuel prices, you can rent a CE-152 at my local FBO for $65 bucks an hour. These big flight schools and PFT's are interested in one thing: dicking you out of as much money as they can.
And btw, I'm no kid - probably old enough to be your father.
And one more thing, once more: These PFT jobs are NOT AVAILABLE to those not paying for the training and/or time.
You're not a kid? Then stop acting like one. You may claim to be older than me, but your total naievity and unwillingness to listen to people that KNOW more about this than you betrays your maturity. Think about it man......what do you think Gulstream, Key Lime, or whatever would do if there weren't toolbags like yourself willing to BUY a seat with them? Oh my!! They might actually have to PAY QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO WORK FOR THEM! What would they do if there weren't toolbags like yourself willing to finance their own training? Oh my!! They'd actually have to PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES!! See what I'm getting at? As long as there are people like you willing to work for nothing, or even pay to do it, there will be operations like this around. Why do you think F/O's flying $30 million dollar RJ's around make less than you can at McDonalds? Because there are droves of guys like you that would do it for nothing, and management knows that. Until people like yourself get educated on this subject, it's going to get worse. YOU are part of the problem. Look at Pinnacle airlines. They got their 500 hour wonder program with Gulfstream cut off by the Feds, and all of a sudden they couldn't find pilots. So, they began paying during training, paying for a hotel, and paying perdiem. Wow!!! What a difference!
And lastly - I'm not spending DADDY"s money. My father died when I was 5 years old and no he wasn't some rich guy and i'm not living off inheritance.
I"m not a kid, once agian, so let's stop with the disrespectful comments like that.
My condolences for your father. But no matter who's money you're spending, it's still stupid. Listen to these people on here. They know what they are talking about. [/B]
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