Originally Posted by
renaissance2008
Pilatus,
I feel your pain, same age, same story except that i already have the cmel.
I took a flight review recently and started working on the cfi ticket. It's not easy to juggle between work, family responsabilities, every day life and flight training.
I devote a couple of hours each evening to studying and fly once a week on weekend, weather permitting. That's the best I can do and i know it wiil take longer than expected. In the end, if I become a cfi and work part time as one, I'll be content. Without the cmel done (decades ago) and paid for, I would not consider it.
If you are in your twenties, can finance your training and go full time, you're golden nowadays. At our age, not so much.
But if feel your pain, so if you want it bad enough and have the funds, go for it FULL TIME
Thanks for the comment. I am trying to get the logistics in order to make it happen. I am planning on finishing my Instrument, commercial and CFI in the next 4 months then working part time CFI. Depending on how that goes, i may need to bite the bullet and quit my current employment, which will be a pay cut. I understand there are dues to be paid and i am hopeful with the growing pressure of the pilot shortage that regionals and other carriers will increase their pay to the entry level pilots. I am certain there are a lot of pilots that will rededicate or jump back in the hiring pool if there were more of a living wage for the first two years.