I just got hired with a survey company out of Utica, NY (Landcare Aviation). I too will be starting in October. It was a "pretty tough decision" for me to make, quit my current CFI job or go do this survey job.

I could either keep dealing with the uncertainties of being a CFI: an ever changing schedule that everyday manages to throw curveballs at you with students cancelling and waiting for the guy who's 30 min late, while making crappy money, logging 35-40 hours a month billing 50-60 (which did not put me in a position to make rent and pay bills let forget even eating)

Or i could take this new job: log nearly 100+ hours a month, be on salary, fly all over the country mixing in nearly all types of flying imaginable, and actually fly the airplane.

The surveying seems like a great job for someone in my position both in the short and long term. Im looking forward to what this new job has to offer and think it will be better for me in the long term.

Saxman-which survey company were you talking about?