Originally Posted by
Brendan
BTFU! It's funny you mention flying checks, because in our transport ops class last week (still Don Petrin, btw) the recruiting director from AirNet came and talked to us about their pilot openings. Interesting gig, don't think it's for me though.
Instructing is the most enjoyable flying I have done (besides the King Air time, course!) and I think doing it full time for a year after graduation would be great experience.
BoilerWings, any advice about whether to stay in the Lafayette area to instruct?
Purdue is a great place to instruct. Great work atmosphere, new planes, awesome maintenance, and LG is a great guy to work for! The pay is not bad b/c the living expenses in Lafayette are low. If LG will offer you a position to instruct for a year, take it! I'm pretty sure you must have your CFII so you can teach in the Arrows, but talk to Bernie about doing in in 533PU and get Rhonda or Brian to sign you off. It'll be cheaper than going to LafAV.
LG has even been known to help people get some additional multi-time if you're a few hours short of an airline's minimums.
To be totally honest, if I ever get layed off or chose to leave the airlines, Purdue would be the first place I'd look to teach. Purdue beats flying checks and 141 instructing hands down! Although, I learned more about flying from 6mo of check flying than in my first 500hrs of flying.