5 Questions for CFI's
You don't need to pullout your log books. I am only wanting your best guess from your experience.
Assume you wish to fly as much as possible and safely within FAA regs.
Your students are all working toward a CFI with all ratings for fixed wing. Each at a different phase of training. They will finish with ~400 hours of TT
Assume blue skies, aircraft always available, students waiting for you to start them. Normal breaks, lunch and a day that starts at 0800 and ends at 1700. No delays! ideal in that you could fly as much as you could during this time for 20 days per month. =========
1 How many hours might you fly daily? Monthly?
2 What percentage of training is for ground instruction?
3 How much would you be paid per month under these conditions.
4 Have you ever trained at night other than for the purpose of night time required training or cross country trips that may have been night flights?
5 How do you feel about night flight training when appropriate?
If you are a full time CFI and have some "real life" data, I would appreciate hearing that as well.
I remember that after 4-5 hours on a trip it was nice to land for gas. We might make a second similar leg per day before finding a room.
I assume that most training sessions are an hour or 90 minutes each with 20-30 minutes ground time. I think that was what I usually did at OSU for Commercial, ME and IFR.
[I am new to this forum. I got my PPL in 1969, no CFI, no military flying all for my business. I have more than 2,400 SE hrs and 800 hrs ME Navajo. I no longer fly but I may get checked out this year again. A friend asked me to do some research about training schools.]
Hope someone can help. Thanks ahead of time.