Fair Full Time CFI pay

flyboy04

flyboy04

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I know theres alot of full time flight instructors out there and im considering moving across the country for a full time instructor job instead of starving as a part time instructor. I know you cant expect a great deal of money, but i would assum that youd have to be able to afford to live, so whats fair? From what ive seen looks like a full time instructor can expect anywhere from 1200 to 2000 a month, is this an accuarate guess?
 
It depends on how hard you want to work and how much you do or don't sell yourself short.

I was making over $3k/mo the last couple months.
 
It totally depends. Full-time CFI is subject to interpretation. I was a "full-time" CFI at the two schools I worked at before but was LUCKY to clear $1500/month before tax.

I'm currently working at a school where I billed 94.2 hours in the last two weeks. That's flight, ground, and sim. I worked 10 days out of 14 to do that. I get benefits, and standby travel.

I make $16/hr and $24/hr overtime, so that paycheck I grossed about $1600, $1200 after tax. Oh, and yesterday I got 7.8 hours multi - which is what I came here for!

Take the job for what its worth. I made the decision to come out here because I could actually live and save some with this job, as well as not having to purchase multi time. If your job allows for that, I'd move. If it doesn't, you'll just be in the same position you are now - and I was there too. It sucks!

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Seems about the right range if you stay busy. Most pay I hear of is around $20/hr or so. So you'll get somewhere in the 20-30hrs a week to bill. Works into about the numbers you are looking at. Work more per week than that, which is pretty easy in my area, and you'll be up a bit higher in the per month pay.

I started to restrict my schedule so I don't begin until after 10AM now, because days were getting too long. If I wanted to pick up a couple more hours, I'd just start at 7 or 8AM. I'm looking forward to longer days soon though, as I can only get in 4 or 5 flights a day, and not everyone wants to fly at night.
 
My place pays $22 per billable hour (flight/ground). But we have too many CFIs so the average two-week billing number is around 20hrs. We're "supposed" to bill 30 as full-time.

However, they recently established 3 salaried slots (which I got one) that [ays a base salary of $20,000/yr and any time flown above the "minimum" 30 hours in a two-week period is paid, extra to the CFI, at the $22/hr. This also includes benefits (if meet the billing req. you pay nothing) and the airplanes are in better than decent shape. THe only thing that keeps this place from being about as good as it gets is the fact we're slow.
 
You could always *cough* work for DCA *cough* and make $10/hour.
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You could always *cough* work for DCA *cough* and make $10/hour.

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Is KY included as a benefit or do you have to bring that along too
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Just kidding folks. Just kidding.

I heard they charge $105/hr for their PCATD's! That can't be true...what's a 152 go for down there?
 
The PCATD is only $50/hr...then you add $55 for instructor....I think 152 w/instructor was running $130. Kind of sad, no?
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THe only thing that keeps this place from being about as good as it gets is the fact we're slow.

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The preferred term is "cognitively challenged".
 
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The PCATD is only $50/hr...then you add $55 for instructor....I think 152 w/instructor was running $130. Kind of sad, no?
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Wow...our PCATD is only $25!!!
 
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