Flight Instructor Hiring

[Freddy_Francis]

Questions for some of the instructors out there. Im finishing up my MIFR soon by the end of February. Ill be starting my instructor rating around end of March early April. It should take around 3-4 months to complete Full time. Meaning ill be getting into the work force June-July. Question is....will that be a bad time to be getting into an instructing gig? Do Flight schools hire as required or do they do most of their hiring prior to the busy summer season. Im just thinking ahead not wanting to miss the busy season for instructors and then not find work winter time and have the rating lapse.

Thanks for the replies!

[E-Flyer]

I was told hiring for instructors typically start in that april/may region...

[vrrotate]

If at all possible I would try to get the rating done by May at the latest. This will open up more opportunities for you at FTUs that have the Air Cadet contract in July/August. The A/C contract is a great way to start instructing as it often gets you to, or at least close to, the requirements for a Class 3. And plus the schools that get the A/C contracts are generally decent schools and usually busy so there may be a good chance of full time work at the end of the summer.

[Tim]

you can also consider places that have foreign contracts, instructors tend to roll thru in those places a little quicker because you log time faster than your average FTU.

[brokenwing]

I think I did my class 4 in somewhere around 5 weeks, i'll have to look at my log book to confirm it, I can't remember. I had a dedicated Class 1 pretty much all day, so that helps alot!

[Freddy_Francis]

Is it better to do the rating with a class of other candidates or one on one? I would assume a class setting would take longer than solo assuming the class one is available. Im willing to put the work in to get it done I would like it done by May latest as thats when it seems that the summer upswing usually hits the training side of the industry.

[I Я Instructor]

Personally I think you're better off doing it in a class because the questions that someone asks might not be the ones you would ask yet the answers might shock you. Many guys going through the instructor training finish realizing how little they knew before hand.

I hate to break it to you, but guys are getting laid off right now and if this gets any worse you're going to have guys with an instructor rating AND industry experience looking for jobs.

*shrug*

[Tim]

i agree IR, the class setting is better.

at MFC for exaple, things are all done in groups with 3 full-time class 1's as well as a few other ones who do other stuff (admin, M/IFR) on top of their 1 duties

as ive said in other threads, the ones that want to get done in a hurry usually do.

[Freddy_Francis]

I hate to break it to you, but guys are getting laid off right now and if this gets any worse you're going to have guys with an instructor rating AND industry experience looking for jobs.

Well I hate to break it to YOU but the FLIGHT SCHOOLS SAY THERE'S A GLOBAL PILOT SHORTAGE!!!!! Has been going on for years apparently....

[E-Flyer]

I hate to break it to you, but guys are getting laid off right now and if this gets any worse you're going to have guys with an instructor rating AND industry experience looking for jobs.

Well I hate to break it to YOU but the FLIGHT SCHOOLS SAY THERE'S A GLOBAL PILOT SHORTAGE!!!!! Has been going on for years apparently....

the schools need means to feed their poor kids and have some hope for them to go to college they don't want their kids to end up in the shite hole we got into with this industry LOL