Originally Posted by
wmuflyboy
i understand that we are headed back to the days that 1,000tt (even 2 or 3) are going to be hiring minimums again. as a flight instructor for almost a year and half now looking to move forward, with no luck obviously, how long do i have to wait in line for a job. realistically, are we talking like 1 year or like 5. i know there are way to many pilots on the street that have more experience than me. what can a CFI like myself expect?
You can find any entry level non CFI jobs like cargo. But for the airlines, there has to be jobs first. Think of all the airlines that are not hiring, which are pretty much all of them. Now think of how many of those airlines have people on furlough. It's just going to be tough because personally I don't think we have seen the bottom yet at the airlines, if things stabilize by this year then maybe it will take about a year or two to see steady hirings. If things go further down this year with bankruptcies and consolidations then I would say 2 two or more year before hiring.