I work at a flight school in Chicago and we are losing CFI's left and right. We had 7 on staff when I was hired this past October. We had one get hired by Eagle, one at Comair, and two at Mesa. Another just got hired two days ago at SKW. Because of the lack of instructors our school will be closing soon I think this is a continuing trend nation wide. During my search for another CFI job I looked at ATP in chicago, they said they are losing instructors there about once every 2-4 months from the time they start untill they go to the regionals.

As for AWAC, I grew up in ATW and worked line service there all through H.S. and summers home from college. I'd love to work for them but I dont know if it would be worth the commute to the east coast or if would even be possible. I know there are alot of senior AWAC guys that are still living here in the midwest...any insight into that type of commute?