Instructors & former Instructors

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I'd like to get a general idea of the amount of time everyone builds in a month as a Flight Instructor. I'm just curious. Thanks in advance for any input.

Regards,

Texan Aviator

 

[flywest]

For the winter months, right now I am averaging 20-25 flight hours in a month. During the summer months, I was around 65-70 hrs. But, this is my first year instructing, so its very possible that I am just having an off winter. Don't know if this is normal for everyone else? The only thing I know for sure is that Ohio weather sucks!

Regards,
FlyWest

 

[CRJ puppy]

I have instructed anywhere from 120 FLIGHT hrs (not including briefing time) to only 20 hrs per month.

God I love the aviation business!

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

I should say this as well, please state you location also. This way, maybe we can see which areas build the most time. I'm trying to decide on weather to stay in Utah and CFI, or go back to Texas and look for CFI work.

 

[bobbysamd]

Time building

Experience building is a better term.

At any rate, during my first year at Riddle I flew 920 hours. Let's round down to 900 hours to account for non-instructing hours. 900 divided by 12 months = 75 hours a month. Included was about 280 hours of multi. Flying weather in Arizona is pretty good most of the time, but we had days in the spring where the winds howled through the canyons. I had about 14 days of down time because of the holidays and taking time off.

I flew 701 hours during my first 12 months at FSI in Florida, or about 58 hours a month. I had quite a bit of down time my first two months there and intermittent down time when my students were in ground school.

I flew 124 hours during my first four weeks at MAPD. I cannot believe I flew that much as I review my logbooks. It was far too much work; too much of a good thing can burn you out. My last month made up for it; I had but 64 hours and a lot of down time as the term ended. The problem with the down time was that I had to stay in town in case I was needed - very much like sitting reserve.

I worked primarily in areas with good weather, Arizona, Florida and New Mexico. Colorado can be a mixed bag. Oklahoma is a great flying environment. Not that many down days for VFR flying. Safe clouds for IFR during parts of the year. Great exposure to all four seasons. Plenty of wind for crosswinds.

Hope that helps

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

TTT