Kentucky or Charlotte, NC low time

JordanD

Here so I don’t get fined
Hopefully things will pick up for me soon, but the three or four students I have that only want to fly once in a blue moon isn't cutting it and I'm kind of not seeing it getting better anytime soon. I've looked and looked but it might be worth a shot to see if anyone knows of any rocks I haven't turned over yet in the KY or CLT area for a low timer. ~315TT/16ME CFI (planning on II as soon as I have enough money.)

It's a crap shoot but what the heck, figured I'd ask!
 
I live and instruct in the greater Charlotte area...all the flight schools are slow, and there's not much else going on. If you go to MYR my buddy said barnstormers is hiring low time guys to tow banners
 
I live and instruct in the greater Charlotte area...all the flight schools are slow, and there's not much else going on. If you go to MYR my buddy said barnstormers is hiring low time guys to tow banners
Doesn't sound like it would be worth the move then compared to my current situation. Thanks for the info though.
 
I know this is a bit late but stay away from Barnstormers Flite Sings. It would be a horrible and costly mistake to make. You are wanting to get your II but you will spend at least that much just for 'training' at Barnstormers. If you think that you can just fly a lot and make up the money that you spent for training, you are wrong. I worked there a few years ago. The pay was horrible and there is no way that you can recoup your money that you spent. After working 60-70+ hrs a week (that in no way is the flight time...just the BS time you have to spend waiting around to fly) you will still have to go out and get a second job in order to support yourself. The sad thing is that I was making more at a menial second job then I was flying an airplane. The boss/owner at Barnstormers is incompetent. He has no idea how to make a schedule. He has no clue as to what an airplane is (other than the fact that he owns a few). He thinks he knows maintenance issues but a dead cat on the side of the road knows more than him. The last maintenance guy was a good guy but he was swamped with stuff constantly breaking. He is a good mechanic and knows his stuff and will fix things that break but even the best swimmer in the world will drown if hit by a 1000ft tidal wave. He did a good job but when the previous maintenance person was the owners alcoholic brother who could only function while drunk...well, things were in very sad and dangerous shape when the last guy took over. If you do ever work for them, make sure that the boss doesn't skip town before giving you your last paycheck. You may never see it.

High pay-for training cost. Very low pay. Poor maintenance from short cuts in past maintenance due to an alcoholic. Incompetent and uncaring boss. Shady dealings. Beware.
 
If you have no other commitments resting on your shoulders, you should look into being hired by one of the pilot-mill schools, bro. Get your time, then apply to whomever you have your sights on.
 
If you have no other commitments resting on your shoulders, you should look into being hired by one of the pilot-mill schools, bro. Get your time, then apply to whomever you have your sights on.
Yeah I'm seriously considering it when I have enough money to get my II. Most of them want that.

Applied at a survey place as well but their hiring season hasn't started yet.
 
Yeah I'm seriously considering it when I have enough money to get my II. Most of them want that.

Applied at a survey place as well but their hiring season hasn't started yet.

They say they want it, but there's a TON of places that will hire w/o it.
 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that some flight schools like Transpac and U.S. Aviation Academy will hire folks without a CFI-I, although seldom do they like that. JordanD Send in an app and see what goes down. You have nothing to lose by doing so.
 
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