Instructing in college

[Shemsey]

meee

I am 19 right now, in second year university, and I am a instructor in canada, i have about 735tt now, and i can tell you this, it is very hard, you will not just be able to work part time because you won't fly enough because people won't know you.... you're going to end up working a lot more if you want to be able to get your name out... it's hard doing both at once, but im sure it will pay off in the end.

 

[Brazilian_Pilot]

I am 19 right now, in second year university, and I am a instructor in canada, i have about 735tt now, and i can tell you this, it is very hard, you will not just be able to work part time because you won't fly enough because people won't know you.... you're going to end up working a lot more if you want to be able to get your name out... it's hard doing both at once, but im sure it will pay off in the end.

I Work full time, and go to college full time right now. Plus i work on saturday and fly on the weekends.

Its tough I understand, but I am very used to it

 

[E_Dawg]

I think alot of people including myself have gone that route. Works just fine; I scheduled my classes so I had 3 or 4 days off a week and spent much of that time at the airport.

 

[jrh]

I got my PPL the summer after I graduated from high school, got my instrument rating my freshman year of college, my commercial ticket the summer after my freshman year, then my CFI and CFII by the middle of my sophomore year. I started teaching in my college's flight program as soon as I got my CFII. Doing all that training along with full time classes was pretty stressful, but totally worth it.

Now I'm in the middle of my junior year, have been teaching for a year, have 800+ TT, and have a year and a half of school left. Between winter weather and a full class load I'm doing good to instruct 15 or 20 hours/month, but I can fly 50-100 hours/month during the spring and summer months.

When I started out I set a goal of graduating with 1000+ hours. Now my goal is to have my ATP by the time I graduate. I'm not sure if that will happen, but at the least, I'll have the IFR 135 minimums and can go straight into a cargo job after school. I don't have any regrets about the path I've taken to this point.

I don't know if my method is possible through a community college/FBO, but getting your ratings fast and soon will never hurt you, no matter what situation you're in.

 

[Swen]

I'm in my second year at a Tech. school that has an aviation program, albeit I'm no longer in the program because I found out an A.S. in Professional Aviation is worth about as much as a piece of printer paper. So, I'm just going to concentrate on the actual flight courses and get my CFII, possibly MEI, currently I have MEL instrument. I am hoping to be complete with those by the time the fall semester will be starting because I will switch schools and start working on my B.S. in CIS. All-the-while instructing until I graduate with my 4-year degree.
With the credits I've earned so far I can hope to graduate in 3.5 years, so it will be nearly 5.5 years of college all-together while instructing the last 3.5 years, but as the saying goes, enjoy the ride!

 

[Aero_Engineer]

I am lmost done with my Engineering degree and PPL, I will be going for my instrument up to CFI and when I go for my second defree at San Jose I am planning on instructing while getting my CFII and MEI.
Once I have enough hours and two BS degrees then God knows what will happen next.

Peace`
Armen

 

[maxfly]

Glad to hear that all you pilots out there are enthusiastic about teaching in college since that's my plan. I've been out of the states for about 7months now and I'll be back in April. I started last summer and only have about 25tt since I left to study abroad. I was so close to soloing too, what a bummer. Anyway when I get back I plan to go all the way through my commercial and by the time fall semester comes around I will hopefully be taking the cfi course down at ERAU while majoring in aviation business administration. It's just good to hear that it's not impossible to instruct while attending classes. Just a general questions: How much to schools pay their student instructors?

 

[jrh]

How much to schools pay their student instructors?

I get $14/hour for both ground and flight instruction. Schools vary widely though. Could be higher, could be lower.