Flight instructor Class 4 pay. Salary? Hourly? or Both?

[780Pilot]

We also have a charter company (which we just got operational) which may have more of an impact on retaining quality instructors than paying them more. They can get experience in a Navajo or C90 which sets them up even better when they want to move on and advance their career.

McMurray Aviation does this as well. I know guys who stayed for a few years because they could teach on the side along with doing caravan charter work. Not a bad model at all.

[photofly]

Most of our instructors bill out 600-800 hrs in an average month. More when its busy.

Thirty days is 720 hours; nobody honest could bill 800 hours in a month.

[Tbayer2021]

I think it's safe to assume that he meant 60-80 hours on average. As multiplying 600-800 by even the lowest paid instructor hourly rate yields quite the number.

[PhilT]

Sorry, 600-800 hrs per YEAR!!

[Bede]

The company that I worked for over Covid paid their class 4 $42,000/year fixed salary + benefits. It was the same whether you started as a new survey pilot or instructor.