Pinnacle or CFI?
 

hey, i have a guaranteed job offer for as a FO for pinnacle but i also have the option to be a CFI/II for WMU which has the potential of $29 an hour... im currently a junior and am having trouble trying to decide which path to take... any ideas or input??

Ya get your CFI and work for 29$ an hour... I would not want to be on the bottom of anyones list right now... things are so up in the air right now you may not even make it through training.

we are only hiring into a pool and maybe not hiring at all soon so you have no gauranteed job if that happens, get your cfi

Finish school...I assume you can do that while working as a CFI?

Given the current state of the industry there is no guarantee that they won't furlough soon (DAL is trying their damndest to fire PCL, remember?).

Also the fuel situation is an unknown bogeyman...normally the industry rebounds from downturns, but if oil gets worse, the only people who will be airline pilots will be those who are already far up the seniority list of their company. It is not inconcieveable that there will no airline pilots hired for decades. Be prepared for a non-pilot career.

easy...E9!!! Get jet time while you can. who knows when the airlines will hire again. You can always find a CFI job

What exactly are the terms of this guaranteed job offer? Does it include PCL training you at their expense, or are you considering paying huge tuitions to a flight academy? What is your current total and PIC time?

Not! CFI until the industry turns back around, which it will.... some day. Getting furloughed with the rest of us(and those to come) will make finding other work even more difficult!

Jet time is not the end all.... I have about 2 grand total time and 1000 jet.. not really going to help me out all that much when I am furloughed and competing with 5000+ hour guys. The more options you have,ie.. the cfi, the better off. Just my opinion. And I don't have my cfi.. stupid decision on my part.

Personally, I'd rather have a number and airline to go back to, than no number at all. Personally.

Please, please do yourself a favor! Finish school and be a CFI! The CFI pay they are offering you is much better than 1st, no 2nd, no almost 3rd year FO pay at PNCL. You will no regret this decision.