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Originally Posted by holyshirt  Whats your total time and instruction given? Im planning on applying in a month or so. |
0 dual given is required now. The more dual you ahve the higher pay you start out with. It goes like:
0-250(?) - 42,000
250-500 - 45,000
500-2000 - 52,000
2000+ 56,000
IFTA is also not a place where you build a lot of hours quick-like. Average seems to be about 50 hours a month (max students at a time they'll allow you is 3.) The pace of the students is a lot more sedate than what I'm used to (ATP and similar 90 day deals.) This is, I think, good though for the student. Also, not sure if I mentioned but you have to sign either a 1 or 2 year contract. They obviously prefer a 2 year. You also won't get any multi-time in the baron until around month 9 or so as you follow your students through the program and they stay in the bonanza that long and if you only sign a 1 year contract and don't renew it near years end I doubt they'll spend the dollars on 16 or so hours in the baron to get you standardized for only a month. Like I said, this is more of a career than a "time building" job.
The bonanza flies really easily, I was surprised. One thing I did notice is if you're coming from Cessnas or Pipers the attitude indicator in the bonanza works a little differently. In a Cessna the white arrow turns into the direction of the turn to display degrees of bank, on the A36 it turns in the opposite direction. For example on a left 20' turn the white notch will be 20' to the right. The CFI said that threw many Cessna-drivers off but I didn't find it that difficult to adapt. Trim is really sensitive but its a very stable airplane to hold a speed, altitude.