Career CFI?

pwttogfk said:
Finding a niche and specializing can earn you quite a bit as a CFI. My job teaching G1000 pays quite well (>50k).
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They pay you 50K to teach G1000?! Thats what most of my single-engine time is in... What exactly do you teach on the G1000 that goes beyond what is taught at your "run-of-the-mill" flight school?
 
Well...a bit north of 50k...anyways I do factory transition training, so I have to be up to speed on all the possible options and configurations for the entire product line. I also do course development for upcoming products. It's pretty much an absolute dream job for a CFI :)
 
tiredcfi said:
Another thing to add, if you want to be a career CFI, you should really go out and get at least one REAL flying job so you will have some ACTUAL experience. Some Roger Roger JustinS of you are familiar with what happens when you don't have any actual non-cfi-flying-for-a-living experience and then pretend you do. #practiceareahero Don't be that guy!
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I'd second this. If you want to be a CFI that is actually worth enough to make a living at it, you need more than just dual given. You'll need to go out and get some real world experience to. The best instructors are usually 50+ years old and have seen and done everything in aviation twice. Big pistons, little pistons, upside down, turbines big and small, all over the world. It pretty much takes a career.
 
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