F.I.T Flight Instructor Needed
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Flying Bison
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boo i didnt get a call :banghead:
maybe its because i reside in NY?
maybe its because i reside in NY?
SatelliteBeachPilot
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If anyone has any additional input on the interview please PM me too!
Oh wait, you got an interview here? I thought your interview was with Orlando Flight Training? Or do you have one at both places?
Either way, good luck. Tell them EnnTea is a totally rad guy.
SmoothLanderJ
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Ah...fellow FIT guys hows it going? Man so I see that they are pretty well staffed huh. Man my last year there they were practically BEGGING guys to instruct there (that was during the hiring boom though) Ill have call my good friend Carlton Mcclean (im sure you guys know who that is) and see how things are going there.
Oh yeah and so I hear they are getting (or already have) mostly new all glass cockpit planes, must be nice. Im sure the price has just gone through the roof though.
PantherFlyer13
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There is a significance to the Monday, January 5th date. Spring 2009 classes at Florida Tech commence the following Monday, January 12th, and the business week in between serves as a formal Standardization period for recently hired instructors. If hired and asked to be there on that date, be prepared for written exams, oral exams, and practical "check rides" in company aircraft throughout the week. Standardization applies to your pertinent ratings/certifications, so if you're a CFI/CFII/MEI, be ready for three of everything.
Current geographic location should not make a difference in their hiring decisions. In my 4 years at Florida Tech as an undergrad, my Flight 1 instructor was an FIT alum and commissioned Army ROTC officer, my flight 2 instructor was from the Ohio region I think, my flight 3 instructor was from St. Croix USVI, my flight 4 instructor was from Jamaica, my multi instructor was from Wisconsin i think... You get the point.
And Carlton is still there, he is one of the more senior flight instructors. He's a great guy with high expectations - he did my 141 CFI oral and practical end-of-course test.
Arrows are being completely phased out with the possibility of keeping one on the line for over-the-counter rentals. One steam-gauge Seminole is still here (880FT) but they scrapped the other two in some way. 881, 882, 883, and 884FT are four new seminoles with Avidyne Entegra flight decks and S-Tec autopilots. Gradually, the entire fleet is also being outfitted with the new ELT antennas that broadcast on 406MHz. A lot of the dual-GPS-equipped aircraft had one unit removed and they were spread out across the Warriors to make more of them GPS-capable. Still no ADS-B anywhere in the near future. I think maybe a handful of the new Warriors and maybe 1 Seminole have glass cockpit subscriptions like JeppCharts and topography and what not, but most of them come with barebones packages and outdated subscriptions. I'm almost positive you still need paper charts to legally fly IFR, no Electronic Flight Bag gizmos yet.
The 141 side of the house left the old Jeppesen paper portfolio record-keeping method and transitioned to that Talon Systems ETA web-based program in the Summer/Fall timeframe of 2006. Scheduling, logbooks, currencies, qualifications, messages/primitive email service, records and tallies of everything and anything from night landings to IFR approaches to Biannual Flight Reviews, is all available at the click of a mouse. The program syncs with TotalFBO at the Customer Service side of the house for paying for lessons.
Any other questions, I could answer them or easily find out.
Interviews are being held the latter of this week and most of next week. From what I was told by Willene when scheduling my own interview, there will be a panel of individuals: Willene (HR), Jason (Chief Flight Instructor), one or more of the Assistant Chief Flight Instructors, and possibly Nick, the new Director of FIT Aviation.
Current geographic location should not make a difference in their hiring decisions. In my 4 years at Florida Tech as an undergrad, my Flight 1 instructor was an FIT alum and commissioned Army ROTC officer, my flight 2 instructor was from the Ohio region I think, my flight 3 instructor was from St. Croix USVI, my flight 4 instructor was from Jamaica, my multi instructor was from Wisconsin i think... You get the point.
And Carlton is still there, he is one of the more senior flight instructors. He's a great guy with high expectations - he did my 141 CFI oral and practical end-of-course test.
Arrows are being completely phased out with the possibility of keeping one on the line for over-the-counter rentals. One steam-gauge Seminole is still here (880FT) but they scrapped the other two in some way. 881, 882, 883, and 884FT are four new seminoles with Avidyne Entegra flight decks and S-Tec autopilots. Gradually, the entire fleet is also being outfitted with the new ELT antennas that broadcast on 406MHz. A lot of the dual-GPS-equipped aircraft had one unit removed and they were spread out across the Warriors to make more of them GPS-capable. Still no ADS-B anywhere in the near future. I think maybe a handful of the new Warriors and maybe 1 Seminole have glass cockpit subscriptions like JeppCharts and topography and what not, but most of them come with barebones packages and outdated subscriptions. I'm almost positive you still need paper charts to legally fly IFR, no Electronic Flight Bag gizmos yet.
The 141 side of the house left the old Jeppesen paper portfolio record-keeping method and transitioned to that Talon Systems ETA web-based program in the Summer/Fall timeframe of 2006. Scheduling, logbooks, currencies, qualifications, messages/primitive email service, records and tallies of everything and anything from night landings to IFR approaches to Biannual Flight Reviews, is all available at the click of a mouse. The program syncs with TotalFBO at the Customer Service side of the house for paying for lessons.
Any other questions, I could answer them or easily find out.
Interviews are being held the latter of this week and most of next week. From what I was told by Willene when scheduling my own interview, there will be a panel of individuals: Willene (HR), Jason (Chief Flight Instructor), one or more of the Assistant Chief Flight Instructors, and possibly Nick, the new Director of FIT Aviation.
Sidious
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wow, you make standardization sound... intense. Its really not. Very laid back if you can fly
Good luck to all who had interviews and those who PMd me. Hope to see you all next semester!
SatelliteBeachPilot
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I'll see you guys January 5th!!!!!! :nana2:
PantherFlyer13
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I'm in too! See y'all in January! I was told they're looking for 4 new instructors to start in January and possibly a few more in February.
Previous FIT instructor right here...2 years and some 800hours dual given including primary, instrument, commercial and CFI/CFII.
FIT is a good school and your prospective students will have a real desire to learn. As always a collegiate based flight program will have issues with how to work with students on balancing their academics along with their flight program responsibilities.
Willene is great and for those that have applied but have not heard back or were denied, its only because there is a large desire to be part of the crew that there just isnt enough room.
For those that got a class/standardization date...enjoy. Its days of borrig crap but really you will learn to just go with the flow. I suggest those that have dates show up with a good handle on their sign-offs for students as well as regs and procedures and manuvers. Learning the aircraft if your not familiar with the airframes will come with time.
If anyone has a question, let me know...im still friends with a few of the Asst Chief Flight instructors and some of the instructors there now are my previous students.
FIT is a good school and your prospective students will have a real desire to learn. As always a collegiate based flight program will have issues with how to work with students on balancing their academics along with their flight program responsibilities.
Willene is great and for those that have applied but have not heard back or were denied, its only because there is a large desire to be part of the crew that there just isnt enough room.
For those that got a class/standardization date...enjoy. Its days of borrig crap but really you will learn to just go with the flow. I suggest those that have dates show up with a good handle on their sign-offs for students as well as regs and procedures and manuvers. Learning the aircraft if your not familiar with the airframes will come with time.
If anyone has a question, let me know...im still friends with a few of the Asst Chief Flight instructors and some of the instructors there now are my previous students.
