I interviewed for a CFI position in October, and was told that I would be in the November standardization class. After several weeks of inquiring when that class would start, I received the impersonal form email stating that there will be no standardization class until the weak student load improves. Given the current state of the economy, I don't forsee many Part 141 students signing up for high ticket flight training.
While interviewing, I kept asking if there were going to be enough new students to justify hiring so many CFI's given that the economy was deteriorating rapidly at that time. The answer that I was consistently given by management back in October was that there were many new students arriving and they needed to hire several more CFI's. They expected to have a monthly standardization class scheduled through December, and maybe even into January.
I'm just wondering how many other CFI's were "hired", then gave notice at their current job, only to find out last week that there is no job at FSA.
I've heard of a few out of state CFI's who moved down to Florida expecting to have a job after being told that they were "hired". I myself gave notice, and began my journey down to Vero from Upstate New York.
Currently, I'm in Kansas working on an accelerated ME and MEI, so it actually works to my advantage that I don't have to be in Florida anytime soon. It would be nicer to know if the "job" will ever materialize. I feel for the people who gave up a steady job and moved cross country only to find they don't have the job they thought was assured.
Does anyone know if they are still interviewing CFI's, and if so, what are they saying about standarization dates?
Any thoughts or insights as to what the hiring projections are would be appreciated.
While interviewing, I kept asking if there were going to be enough new students to justify hiring so many CFI's given that the economy was deteriorating rapidly at that time. The answer that I was consistently given by management back in October was that there were many new students arriving and they needed to hire several more CFI's. They expected to have a monthly standardization class scheduled through December, and maybe even into January.
I'm just wondering how many other CFI's were "hired", then gave notice at their current job, only to find out last week that there is no job at FSA.
I've heard of a few out of state CFI's who moved down to Florida expecting to have a job after being told that they were "hired". I myself gave notice, and began my journey down to Vero from Upstate New York.
Currently, I'm in Kansas working on an accelerated ME and MEI, so it actually works to my advantage that I don't have to be in Florida anytime soon. It would be nicer to know if the "job" will ever materialize. I feel for the people who gave up a steady job and moved cross country only to find they don't have the job they thought was assured.
Does anyone know if they are still interviewing CFI's, and if so, what are they saying about standarization dates?
Any thoughts or insights as to what the hiring projections are would be appreciated.