Hillsboro Aviation

"Chris G." wrote in message
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Well, they do seem to have one of the highest rates in the area!!! I
work in Portland and don't even consider renting from them. Their rates
for a 172 are around $135-140/hr (wet). Yea, it's a glass panel, but I
don't need a glass panel for my flying--not for that much money!

Chris G., PP-ASEL
Salem, Oregon

Gatt wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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...but it just might be. I'm having one of those "Don't talk about
what
I'd like to do to management on public aviation-related forums" days.
And your point is....?
Hmm. How about: "They're hiring instructors..."
Who isn't?

Since it doesn't look like anybody's actually going to provide any useful
information about Hillsboro Aviation, I'll let anybody in the area who's
looking for a CFI job know what I found out:

They're ideally looking for a CFII because they don't want students to
have
to transition from one instructor to another. (?!) Also, they want
people
willing to work up to 12 hours a day 5-6 days a week. A student there
told
me that it seems to be a CFI mill; they pay them low wages knowing that
the
CFIs will bail as soon as they get their hours.

That reminds me a little too much of Radio Shack or Circuit City.
(Gutter-level salesdroids hoping to be able to add "retail sales" to
their
resume.)

I'll hand the discussion back to the peanut gallery...

-c



I see their students come through Roseburg(KRBG) on occasion. Mostly
Chinese.

Al G

"Al G" wrote in message
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"Chris G." wrote in message
reenews.net...
Well, they do seem to have one of the highest rates in the area!!! I
work in Portland and don't even consider renting from them. Their rates
for a 172 are around $135-140/hr (wet). Yea, it's a glass panel, but I
don't need a glass panel for my flying--not for that much money!

Chris G., PP-ASEL
Salem, Oregon

Gatt wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...

...but it just might be. I'm having one of those "Don't talk about
what
I'd like to do to management on public aviation-related forums"
days.
And your point is....?
Hmm. How about: "They're hiring instructors..."
Who isn't?

Since it doesn't look like anybody's actually going to provide any
useful
information about Hillsboro Aviation, I'll let anybody in the area who's
looking for a CFI job know what I found out:

They're ideally looking for a CFII because they don't want students to
have
to transition from one instructor to another. (?!) Also, they want
people
willing to work up to 12 hours a day 5-6 days a week. A student there
told
me that it seems to be a CFI mill; they pay them low wages knowing that
the
CFIs will bail as soon as they get their hours.

That reminds me a little too much of Radio Shack or Circuit City.
(Gutter-level salesdroids hoping to be able to add "retail sales" to
their
resume.)

I'll hand the discussion back to the peanut gallery...

-c



I see their students come through Roseburg(KRBG) on occasion. Mostly
Chinese.

Foreign certainly and quite a few Europeans in that mix.

Compared to the Florida flight schools they are much cheaper and there is no
sales tax.

so for a foreigner, Hillsboro is about 20% cheaper than Florida and with the
exchange rate as it is, from Europe its a bargain. Not many schools with
Immigration status in Oregon either.

"S Green" wrote in message
...

Compared to the Florida flight schools they are much cheaper and there is
no sales tax.

so for a foreigner, Hillsboro is about 20% cheaper than Florida and with
the exchange rate as it is, from Europe its a bargain. Not many schools
with Immigration status in Oregon either.

They used to come over and do helicopter training in Corvallis when I was
flying out of there. Untowered airport with multiple runways...dang that
was frustrating because you had to remember to look straight up before
entering the runway. "Krowlis trarwic hero (unintelligible)
(unintelligible) Krowlis..."

-c

"C Gattman" wrote in message
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"S Green" wrote in message
...

Compared to the Florida flight schools they are much cheaper and there is
no sales tax.

so for a foreigner, Hillsboro is about 20% cheaper than Florida and with
the exchange rate as it is, from Europe its a bargain. Not many schools
with Immigration status in Oregon either.

They used to come over and do helicopter training in Corvallis when I was
flying out of there. Untowered airport with multiple runways...dang that
was frustrating because you had to remember to look straight up before
entering the runway. "Krowlis trarwic hero (unintelligible)
(unintelligible) Krowlis..."

Getting back to another thread and the Chinese and the English Language. If
you think it bad when they murder American English, its even work when they
murder English English.