TransPac offering $5K sign-on bonus for CFIs

I'd do it, but Westwind is my old school - who are also short, there's a chance for us overseas yet!
 
:eek: 3 days way!!! :confused:Extreemly short notice, yes/no? Wow... Cross country relocation travel for many.

Any training contract (1.5 -2yrs)??? Could make the difference! Coinsidering recommending to a friend with abt 600hrs TT. Long way to travel.
 
FYI, Amy Lewis there states they are only taking CFI / CFII for interviews. Past programs that offered CFII or MEI help in training do not apply.
 
ScorpionStinger said:
:eek: 3 days way!!! :confused:Extreemly short notice, yes/no? Wow... Cross country relocation travel for many.

Any training contract (1.5 -2yrs)??? Could make the difference! Coinsidering recommending to a friend with abt 600hrs TT. Long way to travel.
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I think I'd contact them directly.

They're very hungry.
 
I worked there over 5 years ago, I know things have changed a lot since then, but for any CFI out there it could be a good deal to get your career moving. Expect to work very hard and log around 1,000 hours a year. Training the Chinese guys is very challenging but very rewarding.
 
And your call sign at Transpac now gets to be Mesquite. Yay.

But for real those guys travel the valley like no other.

Honestly they get more experience in the busy/ATC airspace than I do in Mesa.
 
I wouldn't go that far, @bc2209. Considering the CF that Falcon has become on some days based largely on CAE's traffic you've got plenty of opportunity to experience busy ATC. Once you get instrument students you will get to experience the other joy that is trying to manage monitoring both Phoenix approach and the practice area frequencies while your student flies under the hood dreaming up new ways to get the airplane into an undesirable state designed to turn your pants brown.
 
No more transflight? Hmm. They're damn busy. I'd consider it, Westwind was great fun over the years.
 
FWIW, TPac was very good to me. As far as a CFI job, it was a good one. Salary, excellent maintenance team, 2 days off a week, and all the flying you can handle. I haven't been there in some years but when I was there, it was a decent gig. And in PHX you can live decently (I didn't say good) on the salary. Made more there than first year FO pay at a regional.
 
Well, I had an OK experience with Transpac. However, I was really happy when I walked out the door for the last time. You'll fly a lot, and I mean a LOT. Expect 10 hour duty days and at the end of the day you'll be tired. Go home, sleep, do it again 5 days a week. They tout a hefty safety culture but it is a bunch of BS. Just don't fly if you're not comfortable or feel it's safe.

If you're going to go there, CYA (cover your ass). Any mix up with students/paperwork/FAA or any other issue you'll be thrown under the bus. Overall an OK place, but I didn't really care for the way things are run in middle management. They're too reactive and short term thinking instead of being proactive. I couldn't really tell you about upper management, but I got the impression that the decisions are really just based on counting beans.

Keep your head on a swivel and don't get complacent in the PHX practice areas and airspace. Lots of Transpac instructors have been violated for airspace.

P.S. You'll learn to hate "The Stack" head on a swivel.
 
flyingbum said:
Well, I had an OK experience with Transpac. However, I was really happy when I walked out the door for the last time. You'll fly a lot, and I mean a LOT. Expect 10 hour duty days and at the end of the day you'll be tired. Go home, sleep, do it again 5 days a week. They tout a hefty safety culture but it is a bunch of BS. Just don't fly if you're not comfortable or feel it's safe.

If you're going to go there, CYA (cover your ass). Any mix up with students/paperwork/FAA or any other issue you'll be thrown under the bus. Overall an OK place, but I didn't really care for the way things are run in middle management. They're too reactive and short term thinking instead of being proactive. I couldn't really tell you about upper management, but I got the impression that the decisions are really just based on counting beans.

Keep your head on a swivel and don't get complacent in the PHX practice areas and airspace. Lots of Transpac instructors have been violated for airspace.

P.S. You'll learn to hate "The Stack" head on a swivel.
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Where'd you move onto man?
 
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