Originally Posted by
rickair7777
While it would be nice if all commercial pilots, including entry-level CFI's, got paid a living wage, the reality is that their life-cycle is just too short...by the time they start to understand what's going on, it's time to move on. You're probably p*ssing up a rope trying to improve that
I don't know, maybe if alpa national started a cfi program...
The good news is that career CFI's can make a living wage by specializing into areas that newbies can't touch.
I think we may be able to reach entry-level airline pilots, though. If I can save one person from becoming mesa cannon-fodder, my time spent posting here was well worth it.
I have to disagree Rick. I was able to live comfortably as an instructor and many others do as well. Granted, I did not have a mortgage, kids, car payments or massive amounts of student loans (which you will rack up if you go to ATP) but I still took a paycut when I came to XJT. Working as a CFI for $6/hr is selling your skills short in the same way a guy working at GoJets as a CRJ-700 CA for $60/hr is selling his skills short just in the name of getting ahead in this industry.