Originally Posted by Laxrox43
I would check out FIT in Melbourne.
You start at $15/hr and I think it is a dollar ($1) increase every 300 hrs of dual given. After a year you can apply for a full benefits package. (what that entitles you to, I am not sure)...hope this helps...
Laxrox
I don't have anything against FIT, but to have to wait a full year to get benefits is a major turn off, especially in the wonderful world of CFI'ing, where most people only stay a few years. ERAU gave me benefits from day one.
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Looks like they start you at $14.72 an hour these days. I think that's pretty close to what I estimated in our email FLightle. If you can work 40 hours a week (which is not hard to do in the Fall and Spring semesters), that's over $28,000 a year with full benefits. When you get 750 hours of dual given (at least 500 in the aircraft), it's $17.07 an hour. That's almost $33,000 a year. $33k a year in Florida is not bad pay at all. You're not going to get rich off of it, but the cost of living is cheap enough down there (especially if you room with someone), that you'd be comfortable.