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nbv4 · January 10th, 2008, 01:49

I can't recommend working here. I mean, its great to make a lot of money and have freedom to do a lot of things you couldn't do elsewhere, but solely based on the fact that Sierra is ran by the slimiest people I've ever dealt with. You can land gear up and not get fired. You can fly drunk and not get fired. You can even commit fraud on your time sheets and not get fired. I was there for a year and did non e of that ####. How did they repay me? They fired me. I get called into the managers office and he basically tells me "you've had a few students fail their checkride lately, so that means you can't instruct, so I'm firing you." Never mind the fact that every single student I've ever flown with has passed every checkride at least on their second try. Not every checkride failure is on the instructor. Sometimes a student just messes up. I tried telling them that, but they had their minds made up.

Its ########, but thats how they are. Maybe in China crap like that can go down, but not in America.

If you do want to work there, I suggest leaving the Hobbs run on the sims and logging it as much as possible. Don;t be honest. It doesn't pay off in the long run. Do as many of Seminole standardization flights as possible. Even though you're only allowed like 3 hours worth, do much more because you can get away with it. Go to LAX, get fuel and lunch, and have the school reimburse you for the landing fee and your lunch. Never turn in a time sheet unless you have 10 hours of ground time logged for each student regardless if you actually did the ground lessons. When I was there I did none of that ####. Looking back, I could have gotten way way more out of my time there, but didn't.

January 10th, 2008, 01:49	#516
nbv4 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 89	Re: CFIs Needed I can't recommend working here. I mean, its great to make a lot of money and have freedom to do a lot of things you couldn't do elsewhere, but solely based on the fact that Sierra is ran by the slimiest people I've ever dealt with. You can land gear up and not get fired. You can fly drunk and not get fired. You can even commit fraud on your time sheets and not get fired. I was there for a year and did non e of that ####. How did they repay me? They fired me. I get called into the managers office and he basically tells me "you've had a few students fail their checkride lately, so that means you can't instruct, so I'm firing you." Never mind the fact that every single student I've ever flown with has passed every checkride at least on their second try. Not every checkride failure is on the instructor. Sometimes a student just messes up. I tried telling them that, but they had their minds made up. Its ########, but thats how they are. Maybe in China crap like that can go down, but not in America. If you do want to work there, I suggest leaving the Hobbs run on the sims and logging it as much as possible. Don;t be honest. It doesn't pay off in the long run. Do as many of Seminole standardization flights as possible. Even though you're only allowed like 3 hours worth, do much more because you can get away with it. Go to LAX, get fuel and lunch, and have the school reimburse you for the landing fee and your lunch. Never turn in a time sheet unless you have 10 hours of ground time logged for each student regardless if you actually did the ground lessons. When I was there I did none of that ####. Looking back, I could have gotten way way more out of my time there, but didn't.