Pilot Shortage
 

Hi!

From another website:

Many flight schools are facing problems with:
Can't find instructors
Can't find students
Turning away students as no instructors

Quote:

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...one flight school in Chicago that lost 15 instructors in one week.

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cliff
YIP

I'm tryin to fill the position which I am leaving at my flight school in lubbock. Instructors are becoming less common.

Still having no luck with that? Lubbock is no-man's land, thats for sure.

We had such a hard time the owner of our company had to come out and start flying.

It's simply the fact that nobody wants to fly anymore. That is somewhat of an overstatement, but it's not far off. Many part 61 schools have found it is simply not feasable to operate anymore. This holds especially true if they are into charter, sales, maintenance, or FBO services.

The demand for instructors is falling with the number of student pilots. The few exceptions are those who are seeking aviation as a vocation. Many instructors are choosing not to renew because of this as well.

We are having a hard time finding instructors as well. Between the low regional hours and everyone moving on after 2 months and the fact where some even hire with simply a CMEL rating no one wants to instruct anymore.

My flight school recently changed the whole payscale and scheduling to make instructing a more attractive option. I hope it helps to attract CFI's because as of now my students have to book weeks in advance to even get a 2 hour block. Not very conducive to business

Desperation is starting to set in!
 

Pan Am International Flight Academy in PHX is now offering for all those willing to sign a one year contract, their CFI for free and both your CFII/ MEI at half price. Not bad when you think about how much it cost just to gain those ratings that you're likely never to use after your first 121 job. It cost about $10-$14K for your CFI, II and MEI; if you sign on for 1 year you can basically get all three for less than $3K and with all that time building you can chose the regional of your choice. When I was instructing there I was flying over 100 hours a month and teaching around 40 in their ACE program (72 hr CRJ-200 basic systems and 30 hr level 5 FTD program).

Now they have a King Air program that I'm sure one could work their way into. The King Air program is 40 hrs of ground, 10 hours Level D Sim and 10 hours in the a/c. This program is for their Chinese students, which they are pushing about 400 through a year. If you think each student has to complete this program, then an instructor could gain quite a bit of Turbine PIC time.

http://www.panamacademy.net/

if anybody needs a cfi job in tx pm me. you can get multi in a 310 also.

Not yet, just trying to help out the owner find somebody. Hes a really good guy.

I tend to agree with this statement. The cost of training is simply outpacing the salaries that are to be expected right now. Many are beginning to see flying as just a hobby, plain and simple...Wow, I'm starting to sound like SkyHigh, here...maybe it's time to get some rest...But I stand by my statements.