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Aviator_Bakeek

Aviator_Bakeek

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US Flight Academy @ DTO has been hiring for the past few weeks. You must have a CFI/CFII to be considered and you will probably be training Chinese students. New CFI's are welcome to apply.

Send your resume to resume@usflightacademy.com and if you have any questions feel free to ask me.
 
When the weather is good, average is 6-8. Depends more on how motivated you are, it is easy to get burned out really quick teaching Chinese primary students in 110* heat.

Any other questions just ask!
 
ahmadnk7 said:
Hey how many hours do typically instructors get per week?
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Aviator_Bakeek said:
When the weather is good, average is 6-8. Depends more on how motivated you are, it is easy to get burned out really quick teaching Chinese primary students in 110* heat.

Any other questions just ask!
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Just to clarify, I believe he meant to say 6-8 per day. USFA probably won't be hiring for a few weeks, but they are short on instructors so just have a little patience if you don't hear anything for a bit.
 
There might be a better part of the forum to ask this, but since I thought of it while viewing this thread, I'll just ask here.

In several job postings, people mention that you'd be teaching foreign students. I've not had experience doing this, but from what I've heard, it can be pretty frustrating. Also, on the radio, I've heard how troublesome certain students from other nations can be for ATC and everyone around them.

So my question is: to anyone with experience flight training foreign students, is it as bad as some people make it out to be? I'm not talking about someone who says they are from China, but speaks perfect English; I mean the thick accents, and other issues that might be a barrier to communication. Also, is that even what one should expect, or has what I've heard been blown out of proportion?
 
I've taught a lot of students from India and heard a lot of Chinese students talk over the radio. Sometimes it is really hard to understand them, but if you get to hang out with them, which I did you can understand a little bit better.
 
jasoN534ER said:
There might be a better part of the forum to ask this, but since I thought of it while viewing this thread, I'll just ask here.

In several job postings, people mention that you'd be teaching foreign students. I've not had experience doing this, but from what I've heard, it can be pretty frustrating. Also, on the radio, I've heard how troublesome certain students from other nations can be for ATC and everyone around them.

So my question is: to anyone with experience flight training foreign students, is it as bad as some people make it out to be? I'm not talking about someone who says they are from China, but speaks perfect English; I mean the thick accents, and other issues that might be a barrier to communication. Also, is that even what one should expect, or has what I've heard been blown out of proportion?
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I instructed out of KADS and taught Indian and Egyptian students. Their accents were not that bad at all compared to some of the oriental students accents. The biggest frustration I got with my foreign students was a lack of motivation to study, which I have heard that is in contrast to most of the oriental students. Most of the foreign students we had partied every night and were not very good with the book stuff. There are always horror stories but in general it isn't that bad.
 
Half of my 20 passes are Indian students, you get used to the accent. The biggest issues are the cultural differences. In most Asian cultures saying no is rude so getting them to make decisions in the airplane can be tough. Also you need to choose your words carefully. I use a lot of colloquialisms in my day to day life and those do not work well with foreign students.

All in all, no, it's not that bad.
 
Aviator_Bakeek said:
Yes, sorry, PER DAY. A week can be 5-7 days if you do not want a full weekend.
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Are you at USFA?

I do my training out at USFA and the foreign students accents are a bit of a hassle to deal with but you can get used to them. Biggest thing that I have heard is a lot of the oriental students like to rote memorize and some of the Indian and middle eastern students don't study as hard as you'd like. But so far I have been fine hanging out with most of them...
 
Cethompson08 said:
Are you at USFA?

I do my training out at USFA and the foreign students accents are a bit of a hassle to deal with but you can get used to them. Biggest thing that I have heard is a lot of the oriental students like to rote memorize and some of the Indian and middle eastern students don't study as hard as you'd like. But so far I have been fine hanging out with most of them...
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Instructing, I've found this is an issue with most students. :insane:
 
Yeah I instruct there and I found that they can remember the procedure on the ground but when we get into the airplane, they are absolutely clueless to the procedure or what they are doing.

I am having a difficult time getting my guys to THINK and LISTEN at the same time. They will be flying along fat, dumb, and happy in the pattern and the tower will tell us to extend downwind and then they will pull the power and start to turn base at the normal turning point.

My wife says she likes me working here cause it will help me build my patience and tolerance...I think I might die from a brain hemorrhage.:banghead:
 
Thanks for this post. I had sent in all my info and will be interviewing next week. How was the interviewing process and do you have any tips ?

I'll send a pm also!

Thanks
 
Hey, brand new to the sight, but this sounds great. I just moved back to the dallas area after graduating and have had a real tough time finding anyone hiring. thanks for the post and hope theyre still hiring!
 
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