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mpflies2

mpflies2

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Hey all...

Put my resume in at Monarch air for the CFI position in Addison TX the other day and got a call back today to set up an interview. Gonna prolly go this weekend. Didn't really get to talk to the guy on the phone much...was in the middle of CFII ground school, so i didn't get to ask many questions bout the flight school....so i'll ask you guys....

Busy Airport?
Student flow?
Average wages?
Benefits?
Cost of living in Dallas?
Nice area?
Run well?
Well equiped?

Any help greatly appreciated...thanks

Marc
 
Busy Airport? - Busiest single runway airport in the world
Student flow? - plenty
Average wages? - $14 an hour last I checked
Benefits? - haha
Cost of living in Dallas? - $400 a month and up, find a roommate. There are apartments right by the airport that are reasonable.
Nice area? - very nice...you'll see plenty of ferraris and whatnot roaming the streets
Run well? - from a student perspective very professional, cessna pilot center so they use the cessna 141 syllabus...
Well equiped? - hung like a horse, all garmin equipped 172's 50 hour inspections...they dont own the airplanes so they make all their money on MX
 
Almerick07 said:
Busy Airport? - Busiest single runway airport in the world
Student flow? - plenty
Average wages? - $14 an hour last I checked
Benefits? - haha
Cost of living in Dallas? - $400 a month and up, find a roommate. There are apartments right by the airport that are reasonable.
Nice area? - very nice...you'll see plenty of ferraris and whatnot roaming the streets
Run well? - from a student perspective very professional, cessna pilot center so they use the cessna 141 syllabus...
Well equiped? - hung like a horse, all garmin equipped 172's 50 hour inspections...they dont own the airplanes so they make all their money on MX
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anybody know what the CFI morale is? How many students the average instructor has? Avg. hours built per month?.....will i need to get another job to afford to live?

thanks

marc
 
anybody know what the CFI morale is? How many students the average instructor has? Avg. hours built per month?.....will i need to get another job to afford to live?
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Well it was a couple of years since I was there but the CFI's there at the time were an awesome bunch of guys...had a lot of fun together. 100 hours per month wasnt rare from what I could tell 80-100 per month seemed average. At $14 an hour wouldnt seem like another job would be needed but Addison Express (line service) takes care of the monarch guys. I would totally recommend Monarch Air as your first instructing gig, the networking was amazinf in the DFW area. Checkout Simuflight for their right seat program that you can take part in during your down time. Oh another neat thing about Monarch was all the scheduling was done online, so just check the scheduling website to see when your flights are.
 
Alot of guys from my college went there. They seemed to like it better than college instructing. My company is right next door, when we taxi by we often see amazingly hot female students. God I love Texas...
 
man the things you guys are saying sound great...hope i get the job. I'm so excited...can't wait to start teaching and building time and checking out TX girls. gotta love the south.


marc
 
be cool and yes there is plenty of right seat time to be had in the whole DFW area, this might sound hoakey but if you get the job teach...dont just build time. This is not just a time building job, how you perform as an instructor will be a pretty good gauge of how your chosen profession will end up. Remember do your job right out there and be cool with everyone...you never know who owns the GV sitting in front of Millionair. Good Luck
 
Almerick07 said:
be cool and yes there is plenty of right seat time to be had in the whole DFW area, this might sound hoakey but if you get the job teach...dont just build time. This is not just a time building job, how you perform as an instructor will be a pretty good gauge of how your chosen profession will end up. Remember do your job right out there and be cool with everyone...you never know who owns the GV sitting in front of Millionair. Good Luck
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thanks...ya....not in it just to build time....looking forward to teaching, but it has taken 5 years to get to 350 hours...will be nice to finally see some progress in the logbook. I hear the first 300 hours of teaching the instructor learns more than the student....def. looking forward to this.

thanks again

marc
 
I hear the first 300 hours of teaching the instructor learns more than the student
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thats the truth...just wait until they almost kill you and you have to say, "ok lets try that one more time...."
 
Only prob is sitting around runup/hold area behind jets for 10 mins or so. Gets kinda hot during the summer, or so I hear.

Airport keeps students busy with radio skills.

Yeah, the women are fantastic. I grew up here, and still find time to hang out off Beltline, 5 min from the airport.

BTW. Click it or ticket. Smokey's are out for blood on the roads this summer.
 
i'm thinking im gonna make monarch's 152 out of redbird my home for the next few months to get my 50 pic xc for teh instrument
 
frog_flyer said:
i'm thinking im gonna make monarch's 152 out of redbird my home for the next few months to get my 50 pic xc for teh instrument
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cant beat 63 an hour..that i've seen at least
 
I was told by a guy on jetcareers that he was hearing pretty much everywhere that guys at monarch dont get any hours...only like 15 a month.....anyone know if this is true...or maybe if its just at certain locations....any location busier than the other?

Marc
 
SigAV8R said:
If it's that God Awful pink one, it's Mary Kay. That's about the only way to make a GV Ugly!
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Things must be going well for the Cosmetics industry. It was a GIII when I flew it, but than again that was almost 10 years ago. The instrument panel was definitely not your ususal "aircraft grey"....

Also flew alot out of ADS and it was ok, but Love Field was one of my favorites.
 
Im at Monarch Air in TKI, just started so not many hrs right now but if you put in your time you will be busy. The others guys here are getting around 60 hrs a month. I dont know if ADS is hiring but RBD might be. We might be in need of another instructor out here in TKI soon......try mesquite aviation too, I almost went to work there before I got the Monarch job and the guys there seem to be getting around 70 hrs/month. Let me know if you have any other questions.......
 
Tex said:
Only prob is sitting around runup/hold area behind jets for 10 mins or so. Gets kinda hot during the summer, or so I hear.

Airport keeps students busy with radio skills.

Yeah, the women are fantastic. I grew up here, and still find time to hang out off Beltline, 5 min from the airport.

BTW. Click it or ticket. Smokey's are out for blood on the roads this summer.
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You're not holding behind cherry air jet for 10 minutes. We'd be outta gas by then!!
 
yeah i walked in million air to fill out an application for a line tech. boy howdy are there some hotties working there.

its texas, what do you expect :) ?

ps. i think dirk banged too many strippers last night. he seems to have lost his mojo
 
I worked for Monarch in ADS for 6 months a few years ago. Good owners, nice place. They have a large fleet of nearly new airplanes, and lots of networking options at the airport. Everyone who was working there with me now has a regular flying job, so it is a good starting point.

Downsides? You have to work the front desk (for no pay), and the pay you do get is hard to get over $1,000 a month after taxes.

But if you hussle, you'll be busy, and be out of there in no time. :)
 
Got the job at Monarch, start in approx. 2 weeks. Not sure which location, I only know it's between Addison and Mckinney.

May has been a good month for me. CFI, new job, and new home all in a matter of 2 weeks.

Those of you on here that work there, looking forward to meeting all of you.

Gotta get back to packing the car so I can head home to VA for a few days before I move to TX.

Marc
 
ENjoy the front desk!
 
Monarch is a first class flight school. If you put the time in on desk duty the first month or so you will end up with a lot of students (80-100 hrs a month when i was there). I went straight from there to Cherry in 01'...A lot of CFI's from Monarch end up working at Cherry and a lot of Cherry guys are going to SWA lately (the last four classes here have had a former Cherry guy in them, myself included).
There adresses are 4584 and 4585 Claire Chennault respectively so they really are right next door to one another. If you work at both places it makes filling out job apps in the future much easier...you only have to remember one address. There are a ton of corporate jobs to be had in ADS. Don't forget about Love field six miles down the road too.
 
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