On Aug 31, 6:23 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

There are two ways to instruct
1) Work at FBO, get lots of hours, make about $15/hr
2) Work for yourself, work between 0-10 hours per week and making $50/

I often wonder how instructors (in a general collective sense) managed
to get themselves into this ridicuous low pay situation.

Being a flight instructor is supposed to be a position of knowledge,
responsibility, respect, and all that, and yet, for some reason they
command a pittance of a wage comparatively.

The same is true really of most career pilots, even for airline
pilots, considering the weight on thier shoulders, the money isn't
really that amazing.