Originally Posted by
CC268
I'm an engineer as well. Curious - how much time have you been able to log on a monthly basis as a part time instructor? I've debated keeping my engineering job and instruct on the side or just instruct full time and bust out the hours.
Some month I was able to fly 80+ hrs but my engineering job was 5 mins away from 2 airports which gave me lots of flexibility and kept me booked 4 pm and up as well as every weekend. I probably averaged 60 hrs/month.
I say keep the job and CFI on the side (although some schools do pay 50k/year here in the NE for ful time CFI's)