Fookz92

I am domestic caucasian guy that was a student at aerosim from 2012-2013. I have never considered working there since I got my CFI and left. I saw both sides of the table. As a student, I got my certificates, hours and got the hell OUT.

Keizer Soze

I was hired at DCA too. Instead, I went to work across the field and made a ton of money (compared to what I would have made at DCA), had as many as 10 students at one time, worked with awesome instructors, made my own schedule, had a blast. Maybe we worked together.

Ash Williams

I don't know what all the fuss is about? I worked there from 2011-2013 and had a great time! It wasn't perfect. But from working at a few different places as an instructor I thought it was one of the best CFI jobs in the country. Show up, do a good job for your students, don't send them to stage until they meet the completion standards, make some friends, make some money, and move on. If you want to stay and make a difference as a manager yourself- those opportunities pop up every now and then too. Either way, like most things, it's what you make of it. I for one, had a good time. Also, for what it's worth, almost every single instructor that was there from that time period is now flying a jet in some shape or form.

Fookz92

I remember you there Ash. You were one who did good work Fly safe buddy

Ash Williams

Thank you! I know who you're talking about, but I'm not that Ash.

tinman1

This times a thousand. I was there during the same time period and worked my way up to Senior Standz Instructor. I enjoyed my time there and thought it was a good deal for me. Plenty of work and if you did a good job they would reward you with more. Yeah there was typical workplace BS but you have that everywhere (even the airlines). But then again I had worked for some demanding bosses in the past outside of aviation so this seemed like a walk in the park.

Bottom line: Show up, act like an adult, turn out a good product, and then move on to whatever is next. If you don't know your stuff and are lazy as hell then yes, your supervisors and managers will be breathing down your neck.

No offense but the OP sounds like one of those participation trophy deserving, entitlement seeking, never held down a job outside of aviation types. Good luck with that. Nobody at the airlines will want to hear about your struggles when you get here, assuming that is your career goal.

BIueSideUp

Spot on! Aerosim is full of high-speed instructors that really know their stuff and are still passionate about aviation. It requires you to really know flying. You'll be teaching different lessons from different courses to multiple students back-to-back every day. There is no breather time or prep time. Lunch is for the weak! It's fast-paced and energetic. If you want to succeed in life and aviation you need to challenge yourself, and Aerosim is the place to do it. You'll pick up so much flight time you won't know what to do with it all. When you have to teach students whose native language is not English, it really requires you to break down the concepts of aviation into the most basic of terms, and in order to do that you have got to know flight inside and out. I came into Aerosim as a rusty part-time C152 CFI and now I'm on top of my game preparing for airline interviews in the coming months.

Sure, I wouldn't want to stay here or come back and go through it again. But, my time at Aerosim has been the most productive period in my aviation career so far, and far more valuable than the money I made from it. If flight instructing was a high paying cushy job it would be a career goal, not just a means to an end. If pilots never had to wade through the crap of entry-level aviation jobs there would be no appreciation for finally reaching a major or upgrading to captain in the Gulfstream. It sounds stupid and cheesy but you really do have to pay your dues. There is no shortcut to becoming seasoned and resolved.

criticalaoa

I'm thinking about applying at Aerosim once I am done with school. My question is, how is indoctrination, I hear that there is a few test and not that I am worried about it but I am really want to know if they teach you the info and then test you or what?

BIueSideUp

Initially they will test you on things that you should already know as a flight instructor and an instrument pilot. They will teach you the aircraft you are to start in and flight procedures, followed by more testing and then finally company policy.

Oskie305

I will start in october, any idea as to what the FTD session is after the 50Q written?