Originally Posted by
de727ups
"I mean not going anywhere anytime soon."
You think so? Non-ACPP CFI salary is $1200/mo. The whole point of ATP is get in, get your multi, and get out. If a guy wanted to CFI for a while, he could do much better outside the ATP system. I hear there is an occasional high time CFI at ATP. Not sure what motivates them. If you can find one, more power to ya. I'd bet the vast majority are the low timers looking to move on ASAP. Look at the ATP website. The whole point of the place is to get to a regional at min time with min standards.
Again de727ups your are right, however, being a graduate of the ACPP and being an instructor @ the SUA location (Stuart, FL) would give me $2200.00/mo for the time being while I instructed to build my TT. I think having a total of 800-1000 hours would be good for me given my situation. And just like others here on the board, there are bills to be paid.
Not really sure how busy they are @ SUA, but it's all ME time. In addition, if I am awarded the 1st Class Medical, the regionals may want to see some sort of track record if you will. I'm not oppose to that. As my dad always told me
..."it's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it."