CFIs Needed

Sierra just posted an ad on climbto350 advertising $25/hr, did they recently up the pay? They also advertise a $1000 student completion bonus...what are the terms on that?
 
woog315 said:
Sierra just posted an ad on climbto350 advertising $25/hr, did they recently up the pay? They also advertise a $1000 student completion bonus...what are the terms on that?
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damn... a grand for completion? can an old instructor come back and claim those bonus for finishing a bunch of shanghai 2 students?
 
Ok, I'm putting in my app at Sierra. I'm a CFI/MEI/CFII with about 200 hrs of dual given. Could someone PM me some tips on what to expect on this legendary written? Thanks
 
Nick said:
He's doing it all wrong!
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Yeah...4am start is wrong. Gotta leave 10pm, and return at 7am.
taz said:
damn... a grand for completion? can an old instructor come back and claim those bonus for finishing a bunch of shanghai 2 students?
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Wow!!! That's an amazing feat. I'd like to come and do some ground every now and then with that pay. :) I wonder how George got John Yoon to spend some more money. :buck:
 
CFI's are at a premium right now and George was able to show how competitive it is for CFI's in the market right now. Bottom line is: If you don't have CFI's to train your students they won't finish nor finish on time. For pay to increase across the industry it has to start at the bottom first.
 
woog315 said:
Ok, I'm putting in my app at Sierra. I'm a CFI/MEI/CFII with about 200 hrs of dual given. Could someone PM me some tips on what to expect on this legendary written? Thanks
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i heard they don't do that anymore. pretty much if you show up, you're hired. but anyways, if you have to take that test, brush up on your instrument stuff.
 
taz said:
i heard they don't do that anymore. pretty much if you show up, you're hired. but anyways, if you have to take that test, brush up on your instrument stuff.
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Yeah, I actually got hired over the phone. So whoever in this thread actually works there, I'll be seeing you soon!
 
People still take the test, there were 3 who took it yesterday. It asks about everything, including aerodynamics, weather, and instrument. I felt like a moron after taking it and I thought I was going to do pretty well before showing up. It's roughly 50 questions, all essay, and takes around 5 hours.
I think Sierra tries to make applicants feel as stupid as possible during the process, or has at least in the past.
 
todd584 said:
People still take the test, there were 3 who took it yesterday. It asks about everything, including aerodynamics, weather, and instrument. I felt like a moron after taking it and I thought I was going to do pretty well before showing up. It's roughly 50 questions, all essay, and takes around 5 hours.
I think Sierra tries to make applicants feel as stupid as possible during the process, or has at least in the past.
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No, the goal isn't to make applicants feel stupid. I disagree with that statement. I didn't know everything when I applied, but whatever I didn't know was explained. It was more of a conversation to me during the interview. As for the exam, it is pretty comprehensive.
 
How much multi time are people getting at Sierra? I've been asking around and talked to quite a few people who are there or were there and I'm getting really mixed answers... anywhere from "none" to "30% of the time is multi".
 
Each student will be 30+ hours of multi. 'When' is the question. If you get new students you'll have to wait until they get to that stage which is 9 to 10 months down the road. Some instructors' timing is good and they get their students in instrument so they wait 3 or 4 months. Don't expect to get multi anytime before that. Instructors typically get 4 students. There's also a very good chance to get more if you see your students through completion, from flying with other instructors students, doing stage checks, and picking up students from instructors who move on.
 
Multi time comes in waves because the students come in waves and progress through the ratings together. There are times when there are no students working on multi, and times when many of them are. When there are lots of students working on multi, there are also a lot of instructors getting multi time and coincidentaly are reaching airline mins and leaving, which leaves a ton of multi students with no instructor, and also a lot of overworked MEIs who will gladly let you take their studetns for cross countries. That's actually where I got all my multi time, was from students who's instructors left, or who's instructors needed me to help them out. I actually only had 3 Korean students that I started private with. All three of them either left the school, ran out of money, or went to a Korean instructor. I didn't get any multi time from them. After a year and a half out there though, I managed to get over 200 multi hours from picking up students from instructors who left, and by being available on my "time off" to fly cross countries with other students. If you stick around long enough, the multi time will come. That is a promise.
 
Well my first 6 months I was just a ground instructor and didn't have my CFI yet. I only put in about 20 hours during that time. After I got my CFI I got 3 students, but with weather delays and such I was putting in about 30 hours a month. My last 3 or 4 months however I started picking up all that multi time I was talking about, and the weather was improving. I was working 6 to 7 days per week but was getting over 100 hours per month. I flew just over 120 hours in my busiest month. Over the whole year an a half I logged about 650 hours.
 
woog315 said:
how many hours did you log in your year and a half there?
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It sounds like you're trying to figure out if you could keep busy. You will.

As flyguy said it is easy to do more than 100 hours a month, I had a few months in the 135 hour range and that is only flight hours not counting ground pay and sim stuff.

I did 850 flight hours in nine months.
 
Nick said:
It sounds like you're trying to figure out if you could keep busy. You will.

As flyguy said it is easy to do more than 100 hours a month, I had a few months in the 135 hour range and that is only flight hours not counting ground pay and sim stuff.

I did 850 flight hours in nine months.
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Um...let it be known that Nick is a workaholic! No one flew more than him during his tenure. Timed out just about everyday!
 
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