Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
I don't see exactly who it is the regionals hope to attract with these ads.
1) The supply of CFIs is supposedly dwindling. They're already gone to some regional airline, count almost all of them out.
2) Quite a few former airline pilots who left the industry in harder times might think about going back. But why would this group rush to get hired at $16,000. Count all of them out.
3) A few trust-fund kids and hobby pilots (like myself) could supposedly see an ad and become interested. But we are not interested. We love to fly and we have the qualifications to accept a class date, it but the regionals do not pay anywhere near enough to tip the equation against whatever we presently do. Count most of us out.
Ok who did I miss? Who are they trying for?
Edit: Ellen I didn't mean to upstage your question... let the thread progress.
Very accurate. Nobody wants to be a CFI because 14,000 dollars per year is not going to do it for most people; the certificates to get to that point are too expensive. Things will get even worse with these GA user fees coming up in the future. The 21,000 per year that the regionals offer won't even attract the trust fund crowd because it would occupy too much of their time for too little money in return.