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01-25-2008 | 07:14 PM
#11
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From: 767 FO
7 days a week was too much. I used to do Monday through Thursday, at least 8-6 and Friday Saturday was 8-whenever. Sunday I'd do an afternoon flight. I found out the Sunday thing had to go. I needed at least one day where I wasn't at the airport to survive. Right now I have 10 students (2 PVT/INST, 2 INST, and 4 COMM, 2 Intro). Since I'm at a 141 university, my students are assigned.
01-25-2008 | 08:02 PM
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yeah see this is another thing I am worrying a little about.. I'm getting the impression that I will fly as much as I'm willing to find my own students, the harder to "advertise/recruit" the better off I'll be... I'd rather just be able to pick my students off a platter if. If I want more, I can have more, if I want less, I'll take less... meh
01-25-2008 | 09:14 PM
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From: JS32 FO
yeah see this is another thing I am worrying a little about.. I'm getting the impression that I will fly as much as I'm willing to find my own students, the harder to "advertise/recruit" the better off I'll be... I'd rather just be able to pick my students off a platter if. If I want more, I can have more, if I want less, I'll take less... meh
01-26-2008 | 11:27 AM
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I worked at an assembly line school. Students from overseas came for three weeks to get a PPL. They flew twice a day, everyday, so they rarely had the same CFI for more than about 1/3 of the dual.
The full time instructors were scheduled 4 on, 2 off; but we usually worked one of our off days. On average, we worked 25 days a month. A typical day was 8 hours in the plane over about 9 1/2 hours of duty. Additionally, we spent about an hour either opening up in the morning or tying down the planes at night.
Out of the 15 months I worked there, I broke 200 flight hours per month three times.
It didn't take us long to get the 1000 yard stare.
The full time instructors were scheduled 4 on, 2 off; but we usually worked one of our off days. On average, we worked 25 days a month. A typical day was 8 hours in the plane over about 9 1/2 hours of duty. Additionally, we spent about an hour either opening up in the morning or tying down the planes at night.
Out of the 15 months I worked there, I broke 200 flight hours per month three times.
It didn't take us long to get the 1000 yard stare.
01-27-2008 | 12:42 PM
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From: JS32 FO
01-29-2008 | 07:36 PM
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When I was instructing at Riddle I typically had 6-8 students, though often in the fall when we were swamped I'd stretch my limits and that would go up to 12-14 at times. Usually worked 6 days/week. Obviously some people were not flown as often as they'd like in that case, but we were short on CFIs at the time. 8 is a good number though if you want to fly your students often enough, but not exhaust yourself. Maybe find a few more if some of those are part-timers that fly on the weekends, etc. One good thing about working your butt off though when you CFI...if you move on to the airlines, the schedule seems easy!
01-30-2008 | 04:54 AM
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01-30-2008 | 08:22 AM
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That sounds like a Part 135 scheduled op's FAR to me, not 141 training, but I don't know the 141 rules either
Thats no rule in 141 either. I currently have 5 hard students, and I wouldn't mind a couple more. Here, they assign us some students, but we can request more. It takes forever to get more, however. We can pick up students on the fly as well (Their instructor is sick, or on vacation, or they haven't been assigned an instructor yet, etc.). I'm enjoying the job, its more mentally stimulating that flying divers, and less actual work (I love flying, but 7.8 hours a day in a 182 in 90 degree weather, climbing at Vy to 11K over and over got tiring after a while).
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