Flightsafety academy CFI pay
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Skypolice
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That seems like a good figure. Not sure if that is below or above industry average.
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
In context, though. $30-32 per hour is roughly what the "standard" flight school pays in this region (Mid Atlantic), which has a considerably higher cost of living than a place like Vero.
Crockrocket94
Well-Known Member
The difference is you can and will bill out a good amount per month. I wish the pay was 30 an hour when I was there, I would've made over 6 figures.
Skypolice
New Member
Wow that seems insanely good. If you don’t mind answering, how much did you make per month with your worked hours?
Crockrocket94
Well-Known Member
I was paid 16 per hour of flight and ground.
We worked hard - Definitely put in the hours and we were getting triple overtime pay with the hours we were billing out. It definitely helped but like I said, if I was based at 30-35 an hour I would've done very well. Im not sure if its still as busy but at one point I had 10 students with no let up in sight. 2007 Was a good year to instruct.
Bamaaviator
Well-Known Member
Approximately how much were you guys making in a year at FSA in 06/07? And how much can you expect to make in a year now? Assuming you work real hard that is.
I would definitely be interested in this. Is this $35 for just CFI or is the $35 for MEI?
Also, they seem to have new posting without contract.
Are you currently working there?
Any current CFIs that can work at flight safety (2018 - Present)?
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Evil Landlord Capitalist
Holy crap, things have changed! I made $12/hr to instruct back in the day. Even factoring in inflation, you kids are doing a hell of a lot better.
BigZ
Well-Known Member
Sorta. Most planes are still the same.
I was making $30-35/hr back in 2013-2014 at ma and pa shops, ERAU was paying $18-24 iirc
Crockrocket94
Well-Known Member
The difference for us was the 141 curriculum really prepared them for the flying pretty dang well. We had minimal ground briefings we had to do. And the constant supply of students was never ending in 2006-08 for me. I was able to be extremely busy.
BigZ
Well-Known Member
That's true. In '12-'13 typical ERAU CFI would be in the 600 hr/yr ballpark, 800 if you waived the extra day off.
With that said, of my friends there at the time that built their time and got out, about a half ended up in the corporate, some in SWA, one at Allegiant, couple at Spirit, some quit for good. They didn't exactly get to ride a wave to the legacies due to timing.
