No CFI huh? FYI, there are plenty of CFI jobs. CFI jobs are not drying up as you previously mentioned. Flight schools often prefer CFIs with low time. The reason behind that is not too difficult to figure out if you just think about it for a minute.

There aren't any CFI jobs in my area (less than a 1.5 hour drive) that offer more than 50 to 60 hours a month (on a good month). I'm not opposed to working as a CFI (I actually think it could be a lot of fun), but if I'm willing to move for a job I'd rather it be in something I'd rather be doing. And a lot of CFI jobs around here want I/II/MEI and 500TT just like anything else.

The school I work for will only hire CFI's trained under 141. This is due to lower requirements to train intial CFI's. If you trained and recieved your CFI part 141, you can instruct initial CFI's at 400 dual given and a 80% pass rate instead of the onld 200 dual given and holding your CFI for 2 years. This shave over a year off of me being able to instruct initial CFI's

The house is a good place to sit behind a computer and complain about the career you gave up on.






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