Best school in Vancouver to build hours as an Instructor.

[PresidentMacAwesome]

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[esp803]

for the main reason of building hours

With that attitude, you shouldn't be an instructor. If you have a love of teaching and enjoy passing on the little knowledge a 250hr instructor has, then by all means continue. If you are just there to get your hours and get out, find something other than instructing.

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[looproll]

Of (sic) you could be an instructor...for the main reason of building hours,

hahaha you damn troll

at least try to mask your question with something like, "which school has the best reputation and working conditions...etc"

[trampbike]

PresidentMacAwesome, you do not have my vote.

[Colonel Sanders]

700 or so hours per year

someplace with a lot of warm VFR wx. Florida,
Texas, California and Arizona come to mind.

[Big Pistons Forever]

Of you could be an instructor at any school in Vancouver for the main reason of building hours, which school would it be? Which school would allow to fly 700 or so hours per year?

PresidentMacAwesome: Here is you first lesson as a prospective instructor.

-Please instruct me on how I can post the Star Trek "Double Face Palm" poster as a reply to your post.

Thank You

BPF

[rob-air]

What is wrong with seeking a workplace where employees are busy and making money?
What is wrong with wanting to advance your career by gaining experience fast?

Maybe The OP 's question should have been more politicly correct.

Can you gurus of the pilot world please indicate me which school in Vancouver would I be able to give the best instruction I can even if I dont know much because of my limited experience that I would like to expend in a short period of time while making livable wage?

[Colonel Sanders]

[rob-air]

This is what this forum feels like, do not post about some avcanada taboos, or you get hit by a train.

[iflyforpie]

Let it be known by AvCanada decree that henceforth all instructor candidates must swear an oath of poverty, celibacy, and life-long commitment to the vocation of flight instruction.... or else be toasted to a crisp by flames issued from the collective group of AvCanadians.

If you want to build hours at the expense of quality airmanship..... 702 and 703 are better suited to you.

[gaamin]

Supply and demand.

When I was about to train towards an instructor rating in late 2008, 4 FTUs in BC were on avcanada looking for an instructor but not able to train one. My reasonable assumption was that there weren't enough instructors locally to supply all the hours the global amount of customers of these FTUs "demanded".

All FTUs recommended the same place to do the rating when asked where they'd prefer me to train before applying for them. At that stage, these FTUs were the prospective customers for the services I wanted to offer, so I trained where they recommended in order to be in the best possible position to fit their needs.

I ended up teaching at another FTU than these four, with better starting conditions.

These days, do you think there is more supply of low-time instructors, or more demand?

If you are tempted to work at any FTU, ask a honest junior instructor working there about the things that matter for you :
- if what matters for you is how much you will get paid, ask them how much was their last T4 from the FTU, ask if they worked another job during their time as an instructor (even if at the same place)
- if it is how many hours you will fly a year, ask to see their logbook
- if it is the quality of instruction, ask about how they were recruited, trained, how they are supervised/mentored and what is in place to assess and improve the quality of the final product
- if it is quality of life, find an junior instructor with a wife and kid and ask your questions
- it does not hurt to find out about the business model and favored clientele of the FTU too. Wealthy individuals who may purchase their own aircraft once trained? College kids going through a program? Students from India? from China? Contract with a foreign company? Independent CPL-wannabees?
- it would not hurt to ask where they would send someone to train if they were not able to supply the training themselves for whatever reason. if multiple places name the same FTU, this might be the one worth the effort to train/work at.

I realize I have been lucky. Timing, location, people...
The questions above could mitigate the risk of being unlucky and ending up at the wrong location or with the wrong people, or perhaps wait till the timing is better to be more efficient, and work/learn some other skill in the meantime.

All the best,

JBL

[padre12]

For BPF...

-The Padre