Mesa sim instructor posting
02-02-2018, 11:36 AM
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Mesa sim instructor posting
Worth it? I have @7000TT, 650 TPIC, prior 121 (currently at a frac) with GV and smaller type ratings (5 of them). 3000 as instructor airplane and about 1500 as instructor in a CRJ200 FTD as well as GS instructor in same.
I'm more of an instructor at heart, but line flying is what pays the bills. This opening pays "up to" (I always am suspicious of that term) a rate that I can live on, but Mesa has a reputation as we all know and I'm looking for current Mesa people to chime in. PM me if you want or put it out here.
Thanks
I'm more of an instructor at heart, but line flying is what pays the bills. This opening pays "up to" (I always am suspicious of that term) a rate that I can live on, but Mesa has a reputation as we all know and I'm looking for current Mesa people to chime in. PM me if you want or put it out here.
Thanks
02-03-2018, 08:43 AM
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Completely new position as far as I know all other instructors are line captains. I’m assuming they made this position to send some of those guys back on the line since we’re short. If they pay you captain rate I think it’s a pretty good deal lots of OT from what I gather. The main girl that does all the scheduling is leaving tho and I think she kept those guys happy so there might be issues moving forward with whoever takes it over.
02-03-2018, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by NovemberBravo
Completely new position as far as I know all other instructors are line captains. I’m assuming they made this position to send some of those guys back on the line since we’re short. If they pay you captain rate I think it’s a pretty good deal lots of OT from what I gather. The main girl that does all the scheduling is leaving tho and I think she kept those guys happy so there might be issues moving forward with whoever takes it over.
02-05-2018, 03:20 PM
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Question:
...Mesa continually touts “Hired by Line Pilots, Trained by Line Pilots”...
If that’s the case, why go outside Mesa for instructors or is that tag line, which appears on Mesa’s web site, recruitment materials, and goodies Mesa give away at air shows, open houses and recruitment events, no longer true?
We have a former student at the Mesa training facility now who reports none of his instructors have been “line pilots”.
What gives?
...Mesa continually touts “Hired by Line Pilots, Trained by Line Pilots”...
If that’s the case, why go outside Mesa for instructors or is that tag line, which appears on Mesa’s web site, recruitment materials, and goodies Mesa give away at air shows, open houses and recruitment events, no longer true?
We have a former student at the Mesa training facility now who reports none of his instructors have been “line pilots”.
What gives?
02-05-2018, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DonConsult67
Question:
...Mesa continually touts “Hired by Line Pilots, Trained by Line Pilots”...
If that’s the case, why go outside Mesa for instructors or is that tag line, which appears on Mesa’s web site, recruitment materials, and goodies Mesa give away at air shows, open houses and recruitment events, no longer true?
We have a former student at the Mesa training facility now who reports none of his instructors have been “line pilots”.
What gives?
...Mesa continually touts “Hired by Line Pilots, Trained by Line Pilots”...
If that’s the case, why go outside Mesa for instructors or is that tag line, which appears on Mesa’s web site, recruitment materials, and goodies Mesa give away at air shows, open houses and recruitment events, no longer true?
We have a former student at the Mesa training facility now who reports none of his instructors have been “line pilots”.
What gives?
02-05-2018, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by tm602
From what's been explained to me, the instructors are also line qualified and do a trip or 2 a month, sometimes more.
02-05-2018, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by calmwinds
What about the Flight Safety SIM instructors in STL? Are they “line qualified” even though they don’t work for Mesa?
02-06-2018, 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by tm602
Don't know. STL is a depressing place...I'd be begging to fly the line just to get away.
How can you be hiring SIM instructors off the street who are “line qualified”.... or using Flight Safety instructors who are “line qualified”....
Last edited by calmwinds; 02-06-2018 at 02:15 AM.
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