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I got “progressively iterate premium best practices”
LOL! That is so airline appropriate.
I would love any A in NYC on this bid but as an early 17 hire, I’m pessimistic I won’t get it considering what’s happened the last year.
I cracked the books a bit for CFI last year after coming back from SLC, but my plans are for survey/pipeline to build my hours to 1500. They recently started hiring again slowly, cautiously. Probably with regionals calling people back who got booted from training. The first part of the survey season starts in Oct/Nov time-frame. A multi rating is highly preferred to be competitive. I want to be ready to go when the first season starts. Or when their secondary season starts again in the spring.
I'll be honest. My heart isn't really in being a CFI. Never really has been. Its a great way to earn hours. But I also think that you need to have a passion for it. Which I don't. So I teeter between doing for hours and possibly being a bad CFI that hates life. Or saying, "its gonna be a no for me dawg." We'll see what happens, necessity and availability of jobs will force the decision for me.
That was the plan. Was. We'll see. It was between them or flyvetter in Montana. But... I got COVID in January, fortunately I was asymptomatic. I started my current job in November, so I had no PTO. So they gave me negative PTO in the amount of 80 hrs. I doubt that between now and before Oct/Nov time frame I will have paid back the 80 hrs. Even if I do I'd be at a zero balance as opposed to a negative balance.
Yep, COVID f-k'd me again. For the second time.
Risky to quit my current job with no promise of an aviation job waiting in the wings upon completion of the new rating. So to cut anyone off at the pass who says. "So that's why you get your CFI." Aeroguard wants you at the airport for 8 hrs. whether you're flying or not. When you're not flying you're studying alone, or in group sessions. You can't have a job, if unable to commit spending 5 days a week at the airport for 6-8 hrs. they drop you. They want no distractions and you to be fully immersed into their CFI program. I guess that they want you to be hungry, homeless and have a 300 FICO score and living out of your car. While you train to be a CFI. Nope. Its very unrealistic.
Everyone thinks this...no one ever thinks they are capable of teaching. No one ever thinks that the have the patience for it. These things are learned and developed just like any other aspect. You CAN do it.
Oh the bids are in. I guess being awarded 73A last year and then it being cancelled just got me pessimistic this time around haha. The highs and lows of this industry is crazy!just bid it! In late 2019 I got 717A and had no idea until people randomly were texting me congratulations. It was an exciting time until pandemic when they closed our awesome nyc category of fun FOs to fly with.
just bid it! In late 2019 I got 717A and had no idea until people randomly were texting me congratulations.
I feel the opposite. If you're not into helping people, you can't empathize with someone and really learn how to teach an individual, you shouldn't be any kind of educator. I've taught the 5th grade, surfing, sailing, mountain biking and I'm a CFI as well. They are all no different. You have to care about your student and figure out how to reach them.
A lot of pilots aren't capable of doing that. Frankly if one feels like they shouldn't be a teacher it is probably a really good indication that you shouldn't be teaching.
It was envy. They knew you would soon be making NE’s life miserable, and they wanted a piece of that action themselves.
Everyone thinks this...no one ever thinks they are capable of teaching. No one ever thinks that the have the patience for it. These things are learned and developed just like any other aspect. You CAN do it.
These people shouldn’t fly multi crew airplanes either. It’s the same skillset
Yup! You upgrade to captain and fly with a brand new FO who's fresh out of IOE. He/she will likely still need a bit of mentoring as one example.
Exactly. As one who had a CFI who had no interest in being there, don’t do that to a student.I feel the opposite. If you're not into helping people, you can't empathize with someone and really learn how to teach an individual, you shouldn't be any kind of educator. I've taught the 5th grade, surfing, sailing, mountain biking and I'm a CFI as well. They are all no different. You have to care about your student and figure out how to reach them.
A lot of pilots aren't capable of doing that. Frankly if one feels like they shouldn't be a teacher it is probably a really good indication that you shouldn't be teaching.
These people shouldn’t fly multi crew airplanes either. It’s the same skillset
Yup! You upgrade to captain and fly with a brand new FO who's fresh out of IOE. He/she will likely still need a bit of mentoring as one example.
You don't need to be a CFI to be a Captain that can mentor a new FO. Just sayin.
I agree with mwflyer above, I too had a CFI who had NO desire to be in that job, made it clear he was only doing it to get the hours, couldn't wait to bail out to an airline. He then beotched about how Skywest didn't hire him and he couldn't figure out why. All while ***I*** was paying him for his time.
I requested the flight school to give me another CFI, and they did. He never said a word to me after that. Oh well.
We haven’t heard anything yet. Although when our big bid closes next week we should have over 300 unfilled positions.Just saw a popular meme page post that southern jets is hiring again. Anyone know if there’s truth to this?
Congrats! I can’t believe I was 1000 numbers away from holding 7ERA captain in NYC. There are 2016 hires getting 7ER captain.Well goodbye A220 and NYC. Hello LAX 75/76. Can't believe I'm saying that at my seniority.
Time to learn French and keep dozing for dollars for a little while longer. Can't believe how junior left seat went, I'll wait a little longer until I start working for a living again.Well goodbye A220 and NYC. Hello LAX 75/76. Can't believe I'm saying that at my seniority.