Originally Posted by
Gajre539
I doubt that the number of flight instructors being hired will go up if flight schools offer a higher pay that airlines. CFIs making $40k are leaving their job to work for $20k at a regional as a F/O. I'm planning to leave my $45k desk job for a $20k job at a regional too, so I don't think that pay has anything to do with it.
Actually, it has a lot to do with it. We've got 40 instructors and presently there are none that are planning to go to a regional job anytime soon. I'm trying to save $$ to open up some options, but going somewhere else just isn't discussed in our crew room on a regular basis.
Families, homes, and financial situations dictate staying at a stable job instead of jumping into a unstable segment of the industry at an uncertain time just for the sake of doing whatever it is the people seem to think that they need to do by going to the regionals.