IASCO Redding, Ca
 

Anyone have any info on these guys? QOL, safety record, type of students, pay etc etc. I saw an add on climbto350 that they're hiring...
-Bons

Anyone have info?? How about the Napa location or any info on iasco from someone who has dealt with them.

Check the thread in Hiring News .....Redding, CA

Iasco CFI Job Redding
 

Going up to Redding on Jan. 9 to Iasco to a career day with possible CFI interview. Will let you know how it gos.

I work at the IASCO facility in Napa. I can tell you this:
The chief up in Redding came from Napa. He is a conscientious, fun, fair guy (used to be my boss). Redding has been open for about a year and seems to be ramping up pretty nicely. Started with 20 students and now they are to 70 from a couple different airlines. Mx is good. IASCO is a good company to work for in general. They have been around for a long time and there are a lot of quality people here. I don't know much about the pay or benefits (think it's around $17-$20 per hour). But the work is there if you want it. Overall, it'd be a good place to hang for a year or so to build experience and break even financially until something better comes along... Good luck!

Iasco
 

I'm also headed there this weekend, I've heard some good things about the place.

JAL is history. i wonder what's the move for IASCO?

ALRIGHT I DO HAVE INFO...the company is VERY hard on the Chinese students...my guess is IASCO policy. I worked there as a Dispatcher and also worked at Ground/Flight Campuses. Yes, pay for a CFI starts at $17 and ends at about $21 depending on if you are certified as Private, Instrument, etc. They are not exactly 'easy' on the CFI's either but if you are a good instructor and don't get a student that wants to flunk out to go back to China--then you are doing good.
I learned quickly that having an "in" knowing someone there gets you a job easily--knowing no one there? NOT so easy. But good luck--hope this helps answer your questions, and if you want to pick my brain more go right ahead-they just let me go recently- and it is ripe for the picking!

I worked for IASCO a long time ago. This is certainly possible, but it's just as likely that it's customer's policy as well. In any case IASCO probably wouldn't be so rough on the students without the customer's approval.

Any update on them? Especially the Redding location.

hey HTOTHEMAC, I am interested in Iasco. please shoot me an email at [email protected] if you could give me any info/tips I would appreciate it! (can't PM)

Anyone have current info or hiring gouge on iasco redding? I have an interview there and I'm frantically trying to "brush up" since I haven't instructed in a year:eek: I understand they are under new ownership as well

Hey Bons, I currently instruct at IASCO. I've been here for just about all of 2012. I can help make sure you get through the interview...it's a long nasty one and there are a few simple things the interviewer looks for. If you know it's really easy. There's a lot to tell you. Some of it is PM only type stuff. I joined to respond to this thread to try to help you out. I don't think I have PM priveleges yet.

This may not be where you want to instruct to help your career and build hours. IASCO is very much a mission-oriented school. That mission is training ab-initio students for Chinese airlines. It is a place where people who want to be CFIs for a career can do very well. They don't care in the slightest about your career progression, and they will tell you some things that aren't true leading you to believe they do help instructors. They will actually work against your progession at points for many reasons.

Some people really do like IASCO, I still consider coming here to try to become a professional pilot a mistake.

Can you post an email address that I can send to? I'd like to send you some more in depth information, including the interview gouge and what it's like. I'd like to know what your goals are.

Well, I tried to get ahold of you in time. You've probably had your interview with Mary already. Let us know how it went.

Ha I remember teaching Mary and Jason how to start the engine during my interview.

How long did you work at IASCO?

2010-2011. Do they still offer salary?

Hell no. They don't even offer much flight hours anymore.

For What they do offer is a lot of lies about being able to fly 100 hours a month, turbine time and high pay. That, and you've gotta jump through a lot of hoops getting standardized. They've made it easier on people this year because they were running out of instructors, but as you know they like to hire double what they need and fire around half.

Ouch I left there due to medical issues due to the fact I wasn't flying that much. They gave me four students and it wasn't enough to live. Then they came up with the salary idea but you needed 1k hours. I was at 800. So I went home got my masters degree and then after that I moved to San Diego where I am able to fly more often with 8 students.

How long ago was this? Do you have any ins on jobs down there?:D

I moved down here in August after finishing my master degree. Well around here there are a lot of flight schools from Oceanside all the way down to the boarder. SoCal is very very busy with charter and private airplanes. I've flown into Carlsbad a bunch and they got some sweet looking planes there.

I'm struggling to remember someone who left in August to go to San Diego.

I knew a couple of guys that worked there in 2012 and both couldn't stand it. When I used to fly for AMF I would hang out in Redding Aero and watch some really fat blonde woman bark orders at instructors and students like she was gods gift to the operation. Made me laugh.

Well she's gone, she was just a dispatcher.

The attitudes are much the same though.

I remember kinda hoping she would fall down the stairs as she was barking orders at an instructor like she was the chief pilot.

:rolleyes:

Any new info or current interview gouge on IASCO redding? I have a phone interview with them. I declined my interview with them from the original post because I took a non-flying job to pay off my flying debt. Thanks in advance!

-(debt free!) Bons

Ditto, any current info on the company?

I don't have an interview gouge that up to date, but I assume it's the same it's always been. If you know your FOI and can apply that to scenario-based questions, you'll be fine on the phone interview with (probably still) Mary Keller. Very, very FOI-conscious instruction is required for this type of work. Not all instructors can work at IASCO. Many have been terminated and many leave on their own.

This is a place that you can go and fly a lot right now, but things change. Some instructors have averaged 20 hours a month for a year in previous years with IASCO. The outlook is generally favorable for a lot of flying this year.

This company is not known for being instructor friendly, just keep that in mind. Take it with a grain of salt though, because most CFIs complain about every flight school. Results vary widely here. Be professional and keep your head down and in your work, get what you need and move on if you choose to work here.

if you can get PM's check it and shoot me an email. thanks!

Is this true anymore? I know things can change a lot in three years.

Here's an update for you.

Back in September, 2014 they got new management that is making some positive changes. For CFIs, the biggest things are the salary pay structure that ranges from ~$39-$42K/yr with pretty good benefits, new-hire bonus, and free housing for new-hires.

They are also the training provider for Central Washington University's Bachelor of Aviation Science program. Although the transition into the program did not go well, things are looking up. I'd definitely give them a serious look.

Let me know if you want more details, and I'll be happy to help!

Any new info from you or anyone else? The salary seems to be ramping up in Redding, and you get 90 days of free housing to help you move out there or a $1,500 relocation check. They will help you gain additional ratings. I talked to the recruiter very recently and he said the student to instructor ratio is high, CFIs are over worked. He didn't give me specific numbers though, I didn't push for them after I asked once. In an interview I will. He did say they have 60 more Chinese students coming this fall and are fairly desperate for CFIs by the way he made it sound. Another number that was thrown out was that they are capable of handling 180 contracted students in Redding. He claimed the off airport apartments were "really nice."

I'm trying to decide if moving to Redding is worth it for me. I'd love the outdoor recreation in the area I think, but the lack of town culture and grungy central valley poverty otherwise might be tough... and girls? what are girls? That is if I have much free time anyways. Might be a good place to keep your head down, live cheap, fish and camp a little bit, work through the hours, and pay off some flying debts.

They are also looking for CFIs in Everett, Washington according to the website. That sounds pretty nice to me. Is that more competitive? I didn't see any phone numbers to contact Washington directly. How does it go teaching primary students in Washington in the winter?