Originally Posted by fireman653
You don't think I should flight instruct as a part-time "fun" job? I would rather get paid a LITTLE to fly than just spend money. The flight instruction money will pay for the money that was spent on the licenses. Maybe you're right. I'll have to give it some thought and study it out a little more. Thanks for your reply.
Being a CFI takes some time. Perhaps you could work towards that over a decade or so. After you have a nice retierment from the fire department you could consider a full time career.
I was a county firefighter ten years ago. I was in town to interview for a pilot job and saw an open ad for fire fighters. A book I had just read suggested going to as many interviews as possible inorder to brush up on my skills I already had a suit on so I went in to fill out an application. The cheif saw me in the suit and asked me back to his office for a brief meeting. I had never considered being a firefighter and was shocked to make it through all the testing. I worked the job for almost a year and was well liked by management and my peers. It was by far the best job I ever had or ever would have and left to take a flying job and have never regretted it. Had I stayed I would be half way to retirement by now.
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