Originally Posted by
CFI Guy
The only way to make money as a CFI is to work as an independent contractor.
This is untrue.
I had a conversation recently with a recruiter from a flight school, looking for experienced instructors, who was paying over seventy thousand. The training wage was over forty thousand, and they devoted two months to training new hires in their methods, practices, and procedures. Student load was quite low per instructor. Office hours. Schedule set out a year in advance. Full benefits.
This wasn't simuflite or flight safety. This was an established school instructing in light single engine piston equipment, and doing very well at it.