I know this thread is a little old, I just wanted to answer some more questions about TransPac if anyone had any. The post above mine is definitely a good one and I may parrot some of what they have already said, so I apologize in advance.

Let me start by saying I know exactly who WX Guru is and please don't let a disgruntled former employee sour any idea's one may have if considering TransPac as a job opportunity. Now, don't misconstrue this as me saying it is the greatest place ever to work; a job is still a job and TP definitely has its ups and downs. If you want a relatively stable job (this is aviation after all) and consistent flight time, TP is a good choice. In my time there I flew on average 75-85 hours a month. Some months would be lower (55-60) and some much higher (105-120). These are rather rare though and are all a result of your students progress through the program.

Speaking of students, I know much has been said about the students there being quite poor, but this as a blanket statement is simply untrue. Are there some terrible students? Absolutely. Are there some students that cruise right through the program? Definitely. I would say most of the students are above average as a whole. Having taught both FAA (American) and Chinese students, I believe I actually prefer Chinese students. For the most part they have excellent study habits and work very hard. They want to be sure they have your respect and they will definitely give you theirs if you earn it. I only say that because there are instructors that believe they are God's gift to aviation and feel the need to constantly berate and humiliate students. With Chinese students this is more than counter-productive and will create a terrible learning/teaching environment for both you and your students. Most new hire instructors will start with brand new students and take them from 0 time to their commercial multi checkride (they do not do commercial single for the simple reason they'll never fly single again. They go home right into 737's and A300 series aircraft). From there the students go to high performance training in one of TP's King Air 90's. Don't get your hopes up to fly those though as it is a completely different program from what you'll be doing as a Line CFI.

80% of what a line CFI will do at TP is flight training though. Students have dedicated ground school classes with great ground school instructors. That's not to say you wont have to do some oral briefing, but it does make it much easier when the students already understand most of what you need to go over.

MX is awesome and done under a progressive maintenance program operating with MEL's. This is different that most flight schools and I feel it helps considerably. The planes are looked at more thoroughly, more often and essentially complete an annual 4-5 times per year (as I said, the planes fly A LOT). Don't expect Cadillac's though as the planes have been around for at least 10 years in most cases. Most of the planes have A/C (there are 5 or 6 that do not) and that alone makes a huge difference in the summer. It is still crazy hot, but it at least makes it a little more bearable.

There are a lot of great people that work there (and like any other job, some not so great) and that helps to make long days much more bearable. If anyone has any other questions, let me know.