Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Once they get disillusioned, lose interest, and wander off we then have to contend with the next batch...who perpetually drive down the lowest common denominator.
About half of the recent entrants that I see don't really belong here...they would be better off and we would be better off if they were in another line of work. I'd like to educate them before they waste their time and money and become our problem.
Just last week I heard this exact quote from a six month instructor~
"I was supposed to be at an airline by now..if I have to do this (instruct) for another six months I'll quit."
To add insult to injury..it wasn't that long ago that the powers that be cut the pay almost in half for incoming instructors and we still have no shortage of guys who show up willing to do everything including wash the owners car for a few flight hours. I ask them how they can work for less than what the rest are being paid and the reply usually is along the lines of ..
well its just for a few months until I get hired or something asinine like that