I'm sure you could get over that fact. Hey, it's more motivation to be a good instructor.

They also don't mention that you get healthcare, 401k benefits and life insurance. A pretty good package considering most CFI's get jack squat when it comes to bennies.

I'm not sure how much time one would have to do a Masters as a full time instructor unless you told your manager you only wanted 5-6 students. When I had 8-10 students, I was working 10-12 hour days easily, 6 days a week. We were payed bi-weekly and on a good two weeks, I usually brought home $900-1000 gross, which wasn't to bad. Of course, it was never consistant. During the slow summers, I'd bring home $400 every 2 weeks, which was pretty much food stamps for me considering I was paying $400 for rent alone. I flew 90-110 hours a month when business was good.