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**DONOTDELETE** · January 21st, 2001, 12:45

Hey Mike, Question for you?
What is your outlook and experience in your contacts (at Flight Safety)in requards to making it on as a flight instructor? I called flight safety and spoke with one of their professional staff last week. They told me that, in estimation, 50% of the pilots trained their make it as flight instructors on their line at one time or another. They stated that the other pilots usually go out and contract on at FBOs for instructor jobs. It concerned me a little when thinking about spending all of this money for training that quite a few of the graduates don't have jobs. When you contract on with an FBO you have to work usually on commision only and most of the time you have to find you own students. This seems as if it would be extremely challenging (not to mention with reguards to having to pay back the loans incurred for training). I realize that Flight Safety had a distinguished name in the industry and they are looking for the best instructors no matter where they can find them, however it would also seem reasonable that the pilots that they train should be trained to their standard and thus have a greater than 50% chance to instruct there. What further information can you give? Every bit is appreciated.

January 21st, 2001, 12:45	#4
DONOTDELETE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 883	Re: A Few Questions From A Possible Future Student Hey Mike, Question for you? What is your outlook and experience in your contacts (at Flight Safety)in requards to making it on as a flight instructor? I called flight safety and spoke with one of their professional staff last week. They told me that, in estimation, 50% of the pilots trained their make it as flight instructors on their line at one time or another. They stated that the other pilots usually go out and contract on at FBOs for instructor jobs. It concerned me a little when thinking about spending all of this money for training that quite a few of the graduates don't have jobs. When you contract on with an FBO you have to work usually on commision only and most of the time you have to find you own students. This seems as if it would be extremely challenging (not to mention with reguards to having to pay back the loans incurred for training). I realize that Flight Safety had a distinguished name in the industry and they are looking for the best instructors no matter where they can find them, however it would also seem reasonable that the pilots that they train should be trained to their standard and thus have a greater than 50% chance to instruct there. What further information can you give? Every bit is appreciated.