CFI in Phoenix, AZ, $5000 Sign-on Bonus and Free II

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KatanaHawk

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From the careers section of transpacacademy.com:

Certified Flight Instructor
Class Date: December 8th, 2014

TransPac Aviation Academy, Phoenix, AZ is currently hiring Full-Time Salaried Certified Flight Instructors
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Salary: $28,000.00 - $40,000.00

$5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS
For first 25 CFIs hired for 12/08/2014. Call for details.

Invest your sign-on bonus in:

  1. A BOSE A20 AVIATION HEADSET
  2. An iPAD AIR 2, 128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular
  3. MOVING EXPENSES
  4. RENT
FREE CFII
Don't have your CFII? No problem, we'll help you get your CFII for FREE!

AIRLINE PATHWAY PROGRAMS
  • Envoy CFI Pipeline Program.
  • SkyWest Airlines Cadet Program.
  • ExpressJet Airlines AP3 Program.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
  • CFI
  • iPad required
RESPONSIBILITIES
You will be responsible for conducting flight, ground, and simulator training under FAR Parts 141 and 61.

BENEFITS
  • Salaried Position
  • Medical / Dental / Vision
  • 401k & Profit Sharing
  • ForeFlight Pro App
Ask about our housing assistance to make your move seamless.

SCHEDULE
  • Duty day and rest period policies
  • Consistent Schedule
  • Two consecutive days off a week
ABOUT TRANSPAC AVIATION ACADEMY
TransPac Aviation Academy is one of the largest ab-initio flight academies in the world with more than 200 employees, 100 full-time Certified Flight Instructors, 400 on-campus international cadets, part 141 and 61 instruction, a part 145 repair station, initial and recurrent King-Air training, housing, transportation, immigration, student services, and 60 single and twin-engine piston and 5 multi-engine turbine aircraft flying in excess of 80,000 hours per year. TRANSPAC AVIATION ACADEMY IS A TOBACCO FREE WORKPLACE.
 
Cool! Apppears that the so called CFI shortage is going to get worse in the industry. At least Transpac is doing something right. I applaud them!

I like the fact they are upfront, unlike that one FL school that claims CFI pay is $1,000 a week based on "40 Flight Hours" a Week!
Lol i pulled out a calculator for that. Wasted 10 seconds of my life.
 
ozziecat35 said:
And ALL the little airplanes over Lake Pleasant that you can shake a stick at!
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Yeah get in, get your time, and get out. Not because it's a bad place to work, but because the valley is just really busy as far as flight instruction goes. In my 4 years of instructing I, and pretty much all the instructors I know have had some close calls.
 
ScorpioStinger said:
I like the fact they are upfront, unlike that one FL school that claims CFI pay is $1,000 a week based on "40 Flight Hours" a Week!
Lol i pulled out a calculator for that. Wasted 10 seconds of my life.
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Whats a matter, you couldn't handle 8 hours a day in the cockpit 5 days a week with students in your aircraft or outside your aircraft trying to kill you every few minutes all which relying on someone else to do the ground instruction and get paid at the unbelievable rate of 25 an hour???? Wimp.......
 
av8tr1 said:
Whats a matter, you couldn't handle 8 hours a day in the cockpit 5 days a week with students in your aircraft or outside your aircraft trying to kill you every few minutes all which relying on someone else to do the ground instruction and get paid at the unbelievable rate of 25 an hour???? Wimp.......
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Still that makes for a LONG duty day... Yeahhh too much [emoji574] 'ing for ME. I'd wimpout, or spazout (aka "postal") day #5! Ever played Street Fighter? Sumo-Ehonda? Thousand Slaps?

I'd loose passion & dread flying after 2 weeks non-stop.
 
Yeah, try doing it in a helicopter. I get an arm cramp guarding the controls every second and whiplash from looking for traffic and student inputs. I can handle max 4 hours most days 5 or 6 on a really good day.

I LOVE flying but 8 hours a day teaching initial ratings, I'd become an ax murder real quick.
 
av8tr1 said:
Whats a matter, you couldn't handle 8 hours a day in the cockpit 5 days a week with students in your aircraft or outside your aircraft trying to kill you every few minutes all which relying on someone else to do the ground instruction and get paid at the unbelievable rate of 25 an hour???? Wimp.......
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You raise a really good point.

As a student, when I'm browsing the instructor schedules, I will not book into someone's evening (I usually fly after 5) if it looks like they've been flying/teaching nonstop since 8am without a decent break. @bucksmith knows what I'm talking about here.

Even though they may be available, I don't really want to receive IR instruction if the guy/girl is fatigued and just ready to get me out and be done. Doesn't help either of us.
 
killbilly said:
You raise a really good point.

As a student, when I'm browsing the instructor schedules, I will not book into someone's evening (I usually fly after 5) if it looks like they've been flying/teaching nonstop since 8am without a decent break. @bucksmith knows what I'm talking about here.

Even though they may be available, I don't really want to receive IR instruction if the guy/girl is fatigued and just ready to get me out and be done. Doesn't help either of us.
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Yup, annnnnnnnd that's why Transpac will never be nothing more than a crappy pilot mill.

Amen brotha, amen.
 
killbilly said:
You raise a really good point.

As a student, when I'm browsing the instructor schedules, I will not book into someone's evening (I usually fly after 5) if it looks like they've been flying/teaching nonstop since 8am without a decent break. @bucksmith knows what I'm talking about here.

Even though they may be available, I don't really want to receive IR instruction if the guy/girl is fatigued and just ready to get me out and be done. Doesn't help either of us.
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Instrument training from an instructor stand point is "easy". It's all talking and watching. Airplane should be buzzing along smoothly with nothing for me to do other then run the radios in the beginning..
An instrument lesson at the end of a long day of steep turns, stalls, crash and goes and primary students flying like you dated their sister and dumped her the day before prom would almost be a nice break...;-)
 
bucksmith said:
Instrument training from an instructor stand point is "easy". It's all talking and watching. Airplane should be buzzing along smoothly with nothing for me to do other then run the radios in the beginning..
An instrument lesson at the end of a long day of steep turns, stalls, crash and goes and primary students flying like you dated their sister and dumped her the day before prom would almost be a nice break...;-)
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Hmm. Perhaps I should talk to Mrs. Bucksmith about your schedule then....
 
killbilly said:
You raise a really good point.

As a student, when I'm browsing the instructor schedules, I will not book into someone's evening (I usually fly after 5) if it looks like they've been flying/teaching nonstop since 8am without a decent break. @bucksmith knows what I'm talking about here.

Even though they may be available, I don't really want to receive IR instruction if the guy/girl is fatigued and just ready to get me out and be done. Doesn't help either of us.
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You down around SRQ anytime soon? I at least owe ya one lesson on the house...

Teaching instrument stuff all happens on the ground. In the air, it is mostly supervising. You will already know what you are screwing up before I open my mouth :)
 
Rumor around the valley is that TransPac is loosing airline contracts and won't be around much longer, but then again, other than the fact that I see and hear fewer and fewer of them flying around I have no way to confirm that. I hear a steady stream of horror stories from CFIs at my current job that made the move away from TransPac mostly about long hours, few if any breaks, and very little ability for the CFI to do extra training with the students to go above the classroom training the students get. Then again, most every CFI where I work is a refugee from instructing elsewhere, myself included.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
You down around SRQ anytime soon? I at least owe ya one lesson on the house...

Teaching instrument stuff all happens on the ground. In the air, it is mostly supervising. You will already know what you are screwing up before I open my mouth :)
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I'll PM you.
 
This was several years ago now, but when I worked for TP there were many many promises made and just about none were kept. Its a great place to get a ton of hours quick and move on. It operates 24 hours a day, and over the course of just a few months you will have flown every hour of the day at some point. It was not uncommon teaching IR students to start before sunset, and finish after sunrise. Its a very demanding place to work.
 
From what I know the 5000K Bonus: 1 year commitment required

$1000 upon being hired
$2000 upon Private Pilot Standardization (2-3 weeks after hire)
$2000 upon Instrument Standardization (6-8 weeks after hire)

I spoke with the CFI Recruiting Manager (A.L.) was unable to tell me if you left the company before the 365 days how much you would owe them…as this is a new promo they got going.
 
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