channel islands aviation in Camarillo pay their CFIs?

Maxemo

Maxemo

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Does anyone know how much does channel islands aviation in Camarillo pay their CFIs? I'm looking to relocate to California, but the living cost is just too high.

Also, if you can recommend any flight schools to work for as a CFI in southern california, I'll be great! :)

Thanks
 
Maxemo1986 said:
Does anyone know how much does channel islands aviation in Camarillo pay their CFIs? I'm looking to relocate to California, but the living cost is just too high.

Also, if you can recommend any flight schools to work for as a CFI in southern california, I'll be great! :)

Thanks
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Hi! Word of advice if you're thinking of moving to SoCal, know that you will need roomates. Check craigslist and see what they have as far as getting a room with others in a place. That would be your best bet to get an idea of cost of living. Other than rent and maybe a little bit higher for gas, the cost of food is pretty much the same as the rest of the country (I live in LA but share a place with my gf). Good luck!
 
Skåning said:
Hi! Word of advice if you're thinking of moving to SoCal, know that you will need roomates. Check craigslist and see what they have as far as getting a room with others in a place. That would be your best bet to get an idea of cost of living. Other than rent and maybe a little bit higher for gas, the cost of food is pretty much the same as the rest of the country (I live in LA but share a place with my gf). Good luck!
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Camarillo is not bad...or maybe I'm accustomed to paying California prices and therefore don't even notice anymore. If you (OP) do wind up headed out this way, let me know.
 
Skåning said:
Hi! Word of advice if you're thinking of moving to SoCal, know that you will need roomates. Check craigslist and see what they have as far as getting a room with others in a place. That would be your best bet to get an idea of cost of living. Other than rent and maybe a little bit higher for gas, the cost of food is pretty much the same as the rest of the country (I live in LA but share a place with my gf). Good luck!
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I would live with roommates, but I'm married and I have a kid :(
Are you sharing a whole apt with your gf, or just a room?

Autothrust Blue said:
Camarillo is not bad...or maybe I'm accustomed to paying California prices and therefore don't even notice anymore. If you (OP) do wind up headed out this way, let me know.
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Will do.

TwoTwoLeft said:
Maxemo1986

They're still looking...

http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/full-time-cfi-position-in-southern-california.172945/
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I would apply, but I'm still finishing my CFI, and I'm planning to work towards my CFII and MEI before I move to CA. Hopefully, we'll get everything done by the end of summer.
 
Skåning said:
Hi! Word of advice if you're thinking of moving to SoCal, know that you will need roomates. Check craigslist and see what they have as far as getting a room with others in a place. That would be your best bet to get an idea of cost of living. Other than rent and maybe a little bit higher for gas, the cost of food is pretty much the same as the rest of the country (I live in LA but share a place with my gf). Good luck!
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I would live with roommates, but I'm married and I have a kid :(
Are you sharing a whole apt with your gf, or just a room?

Autothrust Blue said:
Camarillo is not bad...or maybe I'm accustomed to paying California prices and therefore don't even notice anymore. If you (OP) do wind up headed out this way, let me know.
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Will do.

TwoTwoLeft said:
Maxemo1986

They're still looking...

http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/full-time-cfi-position-in-southern-california.172945/
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I would apply, but I'm still finishing my CFI, and I'm planning to work towards my CFII and MEI before I move to CA. Hopefully, we'll get everything done by the end of summer.
 
FYI: Unless you're working at a ratings mill, Nov-Feb is about the WORST time to be a CFI, let alone start off new. Make sure your wife has some reliable income before you jump in head first.

Being in California, you would think you'd have great flying all year... The weather usually cooperates, but the holidays and tax time still comes around...
 
TwoTwoLeft said:
FYI: Unless you're working at a ratings mill, Nov-Feb is about the WORST time to be a CFI, let alone start off new. Make sure your wife has some reliable income before you jump in head first.

Being in California, you would think you'd have great flying all year... The weather usually cooperates, but the holidays and tax time still comes around...
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And folks see clouds, even high ones, and freak their cookies.
 
Skåning said:
Hi! Word of advice if you're thinking of moving to SoCal, know that you will need roomates. Check craigslist and see what they have as far as getting a room with others in a place. That would be your best bet to get an idea of cost of living. Other than rent and maybe a little bit higher for gas, the cost of food is pretty much the same as the rest of the country (I live in LA but share a place with my gf). Good luck!
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A lot of times on the forum you see comments regarding how much more expensive life is in SoCal, how much better it is in other place....

The thing is that most of this comments are based on the sad fact, that people in the US don`t tend to adapt to places or change their lifestyle.
After living in many different places in the US, Europe and other parts of the world ranging from dirty cheap to very expensive, I came to the conclusion that moving to a place that is more expensive while being on pretty much the same wage doesn`t necessary mean giving up on QOL, but to do that you need to change your lifestyle, things people often are not willing to do. When I lived in the US I would eat out all the time, when I moved back to Europe in a much more expensive area I knew that I would have to change something in my lifestyle: I always loved to cook so I would just cook my own meals from scratch all the time, shop for groceries more consciously, I became really good at it and started to enjoy eating like this and didn`t missed going out all the time, my overall QOL didn`t changed a bit. In Florida I use to take the car for everything, even if I lived in a city in which it would have been possible to ride a bike, in Europe I just decided to give up on owning a car (well I still had it just kept it off the road), I started enjoying taking public transportation and riding my bike around....The key really is to adapt to a place and get the best out of it, the QOL can be great.

My girlfriend grew up in LA, we lived in Florida in a much cheaper area, she was so used to living in Cali and her lifestyle was based on the price tags over there that her QOL actually took a plunge, she became lazy and would just eat out all the time, so for her living in a much more expensive environment was actually beneficial.
 
I live in SoCal. If I moved to saaaay Boise, ID I could have the same size condo for 1/2 the rent. With my current income, I could be putting more money in the bank to save for a down on an actual house. Here, I tread water and need to rely on getting higher paying jobs to get ahead, because some day Ill get married and have a kid... Why am I still here? This is where my job and "network" is... Kind of a catch 22... But if my future career plans fall through. We're packing up and getting the hell outta here.

The highest cost here is housing. Its even worse if you rent. If you can get around that you've got it made.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
And folks see clouds, even high ones, and freak their cookies.
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Hey man this June gloom "Marine Layer" stuff is BS. I miss the Bay Area. It's probably 80 degrees and sunny right now. :(

(Biggest misconception about Southern CA: The summers here are actually more gray than what you find up north!)
 
inigo88 said:
Hey man this June gloom "Marine Layer" stuff is BS. I miss the Bay Area. It's probably 80 degrees and sunny right now. :(

(Biggest misconception about Southern CA: The summers here are actually more gray than what you find up north!)
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Poops given -1, approaches shot last 2 days = 8.
 
inigo88 said:
Hey man this June gloom "Marine Layer" stuff is BS. I miss the Bay Area. It's probably 80 degrees and sunny right now. :(

(Biggest misconception about Southern CA: The summers here are actually more gray than what you find up north!)
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Except when our summer can run from July-October :)
 
I instructed for CIA in 2008 when the economy was falling apart and I never had trouble getting students or fying. I believe then It was $24hr with a CFI-I. You were also paid minimum wage for the time you were at the school, but not instructing. Aircraft were amazing, maintenance was top notch, the family that owned the place was just awful. We all had our problems with them. But if you stayed busy, you rarely saw or dealt with them. But that was the only draw back. I flew around 80-90hrs a month. The weather was never an issue, with the exception of strong Santa Ana winds from time to time. It is very easy to get an IFR to VFR on top, complete the lesson, and shoot an approach back in. My bring home check was between 1200 and 1500 every two weeks. I rented a house with some other guys and we each paid 500 for a three bedroom in Camarillo. Cost of living, I thought, was pretty reasonable. It's a place to make connections as well. I know people that went straight to a corporate jet for someone they were instructing, or with someone they checked out in an aircraft.
 
anthenry said:
I instructed for CIA in 2008 when the economy was falling apart and I never had trouble getting students or fying. I believe then It was $24hr with a CFI-I. You were also paid minimum wage for the time you were at the school, but not instructing. Aircraft were amazing, maintenance was top notch, the family that owned the place was just awful. We all had our problems with them. But if you stayed busy, you rarely saw or dealt with them. But that was the only draw back. I flew around 80-90hrs a month. The weather was never an issue, with the exception of strong Santa Ana winds from time to time. It is very easy to get an IFR to VFR on top, complete the lesson, and shoot an approach back in. My bring home check was between 1200 and 1500 every two weeks. I rented a house with some other guys and we each paid 500 for a three bedroom in Camarillo. Cost of living, I thought, was pretty reasonable. It's a place to make connections as well. I know people that went straight to a corporate jet for someone they were instructing, or with someone they checked out in an aircraft.
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