Oh no another PFT thread

[gottafly]

$300/week. That must have been the good old days. Try about $600 for an entire month when things are good, paying rent of $350 for a single room in a house. Try working as the suicide watch guard on the graveyard shift at the mental hospital to supplement the flight instructing income.

Try getting a job at other flight schools, yeah sure, when the 10 guys who are twiddling their thumbs here find their way into a regional or give up in despair, we'll be glad to have you.

Maybe things are very different now, I don't know. Anybody here at my age and stage having any luck getting dues paid the 'honorable' way?

 

[wheelsup]

gottafly:

I feel your pain - we're at the same point, roughly 600 hours or so. I work 12 hour days with the possibility of making maybe 3 hours billable at $12/hr. Pretty crappy.

I am also looking for another job to supplement the income. I've got

Rent: $330
Misc. Bills: $75
Insurance: $110
Gas: $100
Cell Phone: $50
Food: $150
Studen Loans: $100

And that's if nothing goes wrong. It blows. $915 - that's almost 90 hours of billable time per month after tax! And this is at a 61 flight school - it ain't gonna happen.

I got lucky, last month my dad helped me out ($250) and this month I got $300 from an insurance company after someone rear-ended me! I also get the occasional tip ($100 one day, lots of $10's and $20's) from discovery flights.

My advice is stay in aviation - I'm looking for a line job or something in the area. That way I can network while working!

~wheelsup

 

[English]

Be careful about the grass being greener elsewhere...I made more money as a CFI than during my first year at American Eagle.

 

[bobbysamd]

MAPD

Try getting a job at other flight schools, yeah sure, when the 10 guys who are twiddling their thumbs here find their way into a regional or give up in despair, we'll be glad to have you.

Why don't you apply to be an instructor at Mesa Airlines Pilot Development? You appear to meet the quals and Mesa has liked ERAU grads. Money will be better and you could interview with Mesa Airlines after a year.

Just a suggestion.

 

[wheelsup]

I know it wasn't meant for me but thanks for the tip! I'm from ERAU and have the mins as well...who knows!

~wheelsup

 

[gottafly]

Hey Wheelsup, which campus, what year?

 

[wheelsup]

dab and graduated '03. Moved to instruct at the one place I could find in NJ but came back in December of last year to instruct at a great school in orlando. I heard they're hiring maybe in the summer but I think I'm gonna stick it out where I am.

I heard prescott is hiring though -

~wheelsup

 

[bobbysamd]

MAPD Job

I know it wasn't meant for me but thanks for the tip! I'm from ERAU and have the mins as well...who knows!

Go for it! Good luck!

 

[gottafly]

dab and graduated '03. Moved to instruct at the one place I could find in NJ but came back in December of last year to instruct at a great school in orlando. I heard they're hiring maybe in the summer but I think I'm gonna stick it out where I am.

I heard prescott is hiring though -

~wheelsup

I'm Prescott 02. They are hiring, but they will only hire those who took their instructors course. DAB is advertizing, I have sent an application.

apply at Mesa Pilot Development

yes, thanks for the tip. I will apply there too.

 

[bobbysamd]

MAPD

apply at Mesa Pilot Development

Originally posted by gottafly
yes, thanks for the tip. I will apply there too.

Good luck!

I instructed at ERAU-Prescott from late '88-mid '91. Our campus has sent several people to Mesa; at least one of whom you probably know and at least two of whom who became Mesa Chief Pilots. Drop me a PM for details.