Originally Posted by VegasChris

Those low time jobs are gone- or being picked up by "over qualified" guys coming back down the career ladder from the airlines (see the post above)

2-3000 hours is not financially feasible for me while sitting at R-ATP minimums now- especially with the lack of students as mentioned in your post. The cost/benefit analysis just doesn't make sense in terms of time and making little money as a CFI.

Seems like it might be a while for it to come back at this point. Only thing I see to do now is to work another career and wait for hiring at minimums to come back.