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Originally Posted by jayray
(Post 744394)
I don't know where you instruct but I took a near 50% pay cut to fly "profesionally". I was treated better as an instructor than I am now by my curreent employer. Are you sure you are doing your math correctly? You only make $9,000 a year?
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If you want to fly I say apply but here is a little food for thought.... I worked part time at Walmart changing tires and oil for seven months... during those seven months I made just over 7k... I flew about 950 hrs this year... grossed 28.5k with 108 days off before I add in Walmart which drops my true days off during those 7 months to 4 and my total for the year to 46.
No I didn't make this up.... this is the reality of the situation... |
Do your homework, apply at a respectable airline with a decent contract and work rules.
Flight instructing looking for your first job can make you extremely narrow minded. Take your time and find the right fit it will pay off in the future. |
Does anyone know what the interview is like? Any gouge would help. At this point i feel like any 121 airline is the right place. The turbin time and the 121 time is all they care about at the majors. It would be a step up from anything right now.
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Originally Posted by etflies
(Post 744423)
Last year, after billing out around 1000hrs, after taxes, yes, I will "take home" a little over the figure you posted. I instruct at a small FBO in the Midwest. Industry leading pay, we do not have, but for the last 2 years I haven't had any other option if I wanted to keep flying. I was happy to have the job. Now I am hoping to move on. It may not be the best place, but for many of us our options are limited, and it is a step in the direction we want to go.
So you're going to go from the crappiest paying CFI job in the world to the crappiest paying airline job in the world. Make sense. |
I did better then expected for 09 as well. I credited over guarantee quite a few times. It's a whole different experience when you live where your based too!
I would tell anyone who thinks of taking a swing at the job to go for it. If it's not for you, at least you can walk away with some training and a few new contacts and maybe even a new friend or three. |
Isn't there a 1 year training contract?
Anyone who wants you to sign a contract probably ain't worth working for. |
Originally Posted by goaround2000
(Post 744375)
Perhaps you gentleman could wait to see the outcome of contract negotiations at Colgan before taking the plunge (I have a feeling that the Colgan MEC will do a good job), that's also assuming they have some resolution some time this year, but who knows with Pinnacle running the show.
A good friend of mine is out there, and he loves the people he flies with, but hates the money and the QOL. I'm sure OJ and others will chime in here soon enough to answer your questions. |
They do not make you sign a contract anymore. You're in the clear.
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