Flight Instruction at White Air

[TexasFlyer]

Curious about this.

I know the weather could be bitter cold this time of year and VFR flying and student flying minimal at times from November through March in the Midwest.

As a CFI at White Air, are you able to keep picking up a substantial amount of CFI time through the Winter months? I'm assuming it is tough when it's extremely cold and the weather is not decent.

PS - Looking for comments since my school choices are Falcon, White Air, and SkyMates and I'll be visiting each in April/May. I'm ideally looking for the best value on overall program which includes cost of ratings, groundschool set-up, reliable aircraft, cost of housing, good training environment, and chances of building quality time as a CFI if hired by the school (my goal is to be a CFI at the school I train in order to build a couple thousand hours since I'm leaning toward corporate flying versus airline at this point... which means I'll need to stick around for some time at the school as a CFI and making a livable wage will be important).

Thanks for your input. And you all at White Air for my visit on April 30th.

[desertdog71]

Originally Posted by TexasFlyer

Curious about this.

I know the weather could be bitter cold this time of year and VFR flying and student flying minimal at times from November through March in the Midwest.

As a CFI at White Air, are you able to keep picking up a substantial amount of CFI time through the Winter months? I'm assuming it is tough when it's extremely cold and the weather is not decent.

PS - Looking for comments since my school choices are Falcon, White Air, and SkyMates and I'll be visiting each in April/May. I'm ideally looking for the best value on overall program which includes cost of ratings, groundschool set-up, reliable aircraft, cost of housing, good training environment, and chances of building quality time as a CFI if hired by the school (my goal is to be a CFI at the school I train in order to build a couple thousand hours since I'm leaning toward corporate flying versus airline at this point... which means I'll need to stick around for some time at the school as a CFI and making a livable wage will be important).

Thanks for your input. And you all at White Air for my visit on April 30th.

We have been quite busy through the winter months. There are the days with wintery precipitation, icing etc that we do not fly, but for the most part we keep busy flying. There is always time to ground school as well during the down times. We are currently looking to add a couple more aircraft in the next few months and we also anticipate Part 141 approval in February. Things are moving in the right direction, and I look forward to meeting you in April.

[SmitteyB]

Originally Posted by desertdog71

We have been quite busy through the winter months. There are the days with wintery precipitation, icing etc that we do not fly, but for the most part we keep busy flying. There is always time to ground school as well during the down times. We are currently looking to add a couple more aircraft in the next few months and we also anticipate Part 141 approval in February. Things are moving in the right direction, and I look forward to meeting you in April.

It's pretty impressive to watch you guys grow right here on JC. Sounds like a great operation there.