Originally Posted by
RomeoSierra
The one that took the longest was the x-c. Just have to touch and go to missed approach when flying with instrument students and it adds up quick.
That's what I was thinking that most of my time would accumulate on XC's.
Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
As a sort of minimum, you can expect at least a year of flight instruction simply by assuming an average of 75 flight hours a month then dividing the number of hours.
1200 hrs Part 135 mins - 300 hrs to begin = 900 hrs / 75 hrs per month= 12 months
75 hours/mo....optimistic? You think? Based on what I've seen posted on APC's airline's page, most of the guarantees are roughly 70-80 hours a month. Now I know that that's for scheduled airlines however, some of the schools have
"quietly" advertised the same amount of hours for instructors. One even said that an instructor could possibly accumulate up to 120 billable hrs/mo. Of course, I'm sure that's assuming full enrollment.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
2 years is a good average, but it obviously varies with flight workload.
I have had 100 hours months, and I've also had 10 hour months.
Also, the senior flight instructors usually get more hours than the junior ones. So you might start slow and ramp up later in the game.
I called the school that I'm interested in and was told that I could train under Part 61, live in on-campus housing and still work part-time in my non-aviation job as well.
As far as the subjectiveness, yep.....that's is me...although I'll have to drink plenty of Pepsi or hang out with them at some other venue!!!
atp