dakovich
Well-Known Member
hate to use the cliche, but ain't it the truth.
first thing, i've been sitting around with no luck finding a CFI job in my area since passing my ride in late June. no one seemed to be hiring. also i've had the worst time finding an "in between" job that pays well enough to keep the creditors at bay($7 or $8 an hour doesn't do it, but it kept me afloat). third, i haven't had medical for well over a year...almost 2.
so come the other day, i got hired as a server working for Buffalo Sabres games at the arena...didn't expect it, cool! been told we make pretty good tips and they pay $5.15/hr for servers as base pay(any servers know thats pretty damn good for base pay) I CAN PAY MY BILLS, woo-hoo!
next thing, i check the mail today and found out my shot in the dark at NY's fidelis medical plan gets approved...yet again, cool! full medical for over a year at pretty much no cost to me!!!!!! (mom liked that one)
lastly i made an appointment to meet the owner/manager of a local strip and as soon as i walk in he hires me as a CFI. says his CFI left for college and he has been turning away students the past couple weeks because he had no instructor. so i'll be teaching in his Cessna 150, and he charges $28/hr for instruction that he gives entirely to the instructor!!! cool strip too, 2500ft long, 30 or so feet wide, highway at one end, 80 foot cliff at the other, and trees line one side. oh, and he gave me a student right off the bat...a nice lady that wants to brush up on her skills and have another pilot/cfi along with her for rides.
so, as i said...when it rains it pours! how strange that things seem to just all pop up at once when it seemed nothing good would happen!
first thing, i've been sitting around with no luck finding a CFI job in my area since passing my ride in late June. no one seemed to be hiring. also i've had the worst time finding an "in between" job that pays well enough to keep the creditors at bay($7 or $8 an hour doesn't do it, but it kept me afloat). third, i haven't had medical for well over a year...almost 2.
so come the other day, i got hired as a server working for Buffalo Sabres games at the arena...didn't expect it, cool! been told we make pretty good tips and they pay $5.15/hr for servers as base pay(any servers know thats pretty damn good for base pay) I CAN PAY MY BILLS, woo-hoo!
next thing, i check the mail today and found out my shot in the dark at NY's fidelis medical plan gets approved...yet again, cool! full medical for over a year at pretty much no cost to me!!!!!! (mom liked that one)
lastly i made an appointment to meet the owner/manager of a local strip and as soon as i walk in he hires me as a CFI. says his CFI left for college and he has been turning away students the past couple weeks because he had no instructor. so i'll be teaching in his Cessna 150, and he charges $28/hr for instruction that he gives entirely to the instructor!!! cool strip too, 2500ft long, 30 or so feet wide, highway at one end, 80 foot cliff at the other, and trees line one side. oh, and he gave me a student right off the bat...a nice lady that wants to brush up on her skills and have another pilot/cfi along with her for rides.
so, as i said...when it rains it pours! how strange that things seem to just all pop up at once when it seemed nothing good would happen!