Last summer I was hired as a full time flight instructor at the largest flight school in the area. However there has not been a new student walk through the door since July. Getting a job as in instructor is far from anything. It is akin to getting hired as a real estate agent. There are no guarantees that you will be able to build time or make a living by a long shot.

A young pilot needs to get their career going before their momentum dies. It is easy to get discouraged. Wasting away at a flight school growing older by the moment is not the answer either. At my flight school the last two instructors quit after reaching 1500 hours and went back home to get their gas station jobs back.

Why not buy a job if you have the money? Who made these rules anyway? Some pilots buy a piper apache to build time. What if a guy can afford to buy a citation jet and fly off 2000 hours, buy a 737 type rating and then start applying to SWA would that be considered bad as well?

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