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Old 05-15-2018 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by flyboy94
If they knew to structure there business model like most flight schools around the valley and just have a one year contract, listen to the pilot group with suggestions/concerns, have more competitive pay cause god knows they have the cash flow, and hires a chief pilot who fly's regularly and wants to fly and likes to fly then maybe more people would want to work for them. I mean who wouldn't want to fly DHC-6's and SC-7's as a PIC for time building instead of C-172's for 8 hours a day not flying. When they realize flight schools are offering $60,000 salary or more around the valley and there own pilots ask for a slight increase in pay and ignore the proposal completely, its hard to feel wanted and not expendable working there and I don't mean expendable with just being any regular employee "I MEAN CONTRACTOR" I meant expendable with my life because of there current fleet of aircraft they made us fly. Like I said amazing flight time you cannot get anywhere else, but nothing is more important then safety in my opinion in this industry and your own life.
Granted, the $60K salary is more for the advanced positions (two year CFI, program mangers, check airman, king air instructors, etc). But still they pay can be pretty good. As just a CFI/CFII I'm getting $30/hr and billing 30-40 hours a week. The billed hours aren't all from flight time, but the pay is pretty good and I'm actually making a dent in student loans and saving a little bit.
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