Flight instructing ( crappy wages-lifestyle-both?)

[ellinas]

I don’t know where to post this, in employment forum or flight training so I’ll do it here.

With instructing being looked down on as an entry level flying job, is it the crappy wages or the crappy lifestyle that make it what it is.

I don’t know why it’s put down so much as we all started to learn from a flight instructor.

Thoughts?

[Blueontop]

Below poverty wages is the biggest reason. The schedule could be pretty good if one could survive on the wages.

[Aviatard]

Below poverty wages is the biggest reason. The schedule could be pretty good if one could survive on the wages.

How much is a poverty wage per hour?

[rookiepilot]

Below poverty wages is the biggest reason. The schedule could be pretty good if one could survive on the wages.

How much is a poverty wage per hour?

Let me help answer that, as I’ve seen some real poverty overseas in my travels.

Nothing you, me, or most anyone here could possibly truly understand.

Why don’t you guys define what you think is poverty — now that word has been dropped in?

[photofly]

I don’t know where to post this, in employment forum or flight training so I’ll do it here.

With instructing being looked down on as an entry level flying job, is it the crappy wages or the crappy lifestyle that make it what it is.

I don’t know why it’s put down so much as we all started to learn from a flight instructor.

Thoughts?

If you want to be well-paid and respected flight instructor, you should probably put some effort into having something more to offer than you can learn in a bare 230 hours of flight time. Then, treat yourself and your profession with some respect, and others will do likewise.

It's not the idea of teaching people to fly that gets looked down on; it's teaching people to fly when you hardly know how to do it yourself that's sketch.

[redlaser]

The cost of operating a flight school is what costs the most, fuel, maintenance, aircraft parts, insurance etc, so very little is left to pay the flight instructors, when I started flying the cost was $ 19.00 an hour for a new Cessna 150, the instructor was paid $3.00 an hour, out of that amount, Today the fuel alone costs $80.00 an hour on a Cessna 150..Today the canadian dollar is only worth a nickel,

[co-joe]

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With instructing being looked down on as an entry level flying job, is it the crappy wages or the crappy lifestyle that make it what it is.

I don’t know why it’s put down so much as we all started to learn from a flight instructor.

Thoughts?

I don't think it's looked down on as much as you are suggesting.