Aviatior College

Hey every one sorry I haven't been on here much to put in my input. I finally scheduled an interview to see how it is down there, and I'll definitely talk with some of the instructors when I go. I interviewed with transpac but I'm not sure if I got it, or If I just completely bombed it all together since this was my first interview. I studied, had my lesson plan together and everything.
 
Sounds like Catherine maybe back at Aviator working on pulling in more customers.

If you are looking in Florida there are plenty of schools. FIT in Melbourne is a good school, Flightsafety. You name it.
 
Hey everyone, I had the interview today. It went great, he said give him a call in a week if I wanted it and to brush up on my knowledge. Unfortunately I'm stronger on my instrument stuff than my private, but it's nothing I can't handle. They pay $20 per flight hour but don't pay for grounds, which kind of stood out to me, but someone on here mentioned that as well. I didn't get around to asking how many hours does an instructor normally fly there, but I will ask, or if anyone can give some insight. Another thing was benefits, or health which I didn't hear anything about. All in all it seems like a good bunch of guys down there, and they made you feel welcome and wanted you to make it through the interview process, and coming to Florida reminded me of how awsome it is down here. I will also look into FIT and flight safety. If anyone works for the two would you mind giving me some info on the place.
 
FlightSafety starts at $16/hr for both flight AND brief and encourages you to charge "client time" - meaning you should charge from the moment you start briefing to the end of the debrief, so long as you're with the student and instructing the whole time. For example if you send the student out to preflight while you get a bite to eat, you don't charge for that - however if you go out with the student and observe them preflighting, then you should get paid for your time. And don't worry... You'll have PLENTY of students!

That said, I'd say you need to be as on-top of your game as possible to get through standardization there. You need to be ready to pass a CFI check ride, using FSA's procedures, and within PTS to pass the flight. It's extremely difficult and should not be taken lightly - they want the quality of the instructors to reflect the name you'll be flying for.

You'll start as a part-time instructor, but they're open to making you full-time with benefits after a few months of good work. There's also many additional benefits for working for that company, but if you talk to them, they'll explain that to you.

I worked at the academy for the last two years and found my time there to be quite rewarding.

Good luck!
 
@Sport20 Thanks, i've been hearing I would have a lot of students. and someone also told me to try to get full time from the start. IDK how hard it would be, and Yes it sounds like stands is no joke, Im usually on top of things like that and always put forth my best effort, not to mention I'm not really a party person at all, because I've seen so many guys party and it comes back to bite them in the ass.
 
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