Advice Needed for CFI looking for airline employment
Hey guys,
I have only been a member here for a few days but have enjoyed reading the posts for several months now. I am in a bit of a dilemma and need some advice. I am a 27 yr old CFI with about 900 hours of flight time and only 20 multi. I had to quit my instructing job because I was teaching at a Part 141 flight school (which shall remain nameless) which was only paying about $8/hr and I couldn't make ends meet. I now freelance but don't have the number of students I did when I was working at the 141 flight school. Here is my dilemma: I have saved up about $8K since quitting the 141 school and need to know if that money would be better spent on a block of multi-engine time to get myself up to the 100 multi that most airlines require or if it would be better spent on getting my CFII and MEI. I'm leaning towards the block of multi time (at Ari-Ben in Ft. Pierce, FL) but figured it would be best to get some advice from those of you who have made it through the process already.