Pay for CFI's

My CFI served on both the french and U.S. air forces. He was then a
commercial airline pilot.
He's also a record-holding glider pilot.
I almost died when he wanted $50/hr.
I was used to $30/hr in CA.

40hrs later, I'm happy to pay $50/hr.
He's 70 years old and tough as nails.
He works 7 days a week, 12hrs a day.
He has a hernia, but still won't let me help him pull the plane out of the
hangar.
He has over 20000hrs and over 600hrs dual RECEIVED.

The man is a treasure trove of knowledge and experience, and a hell of a
nice guy to boot.
It kind of makes me sad, though, to see him working so hard at such an age.

My personal feeling is that you should pay your instructor what he's worth,
not what the going rate is.
My instructor in CA was barely worth the $30/hr. I think he was just trying
to log hours.
Roger Hivert is worth every penny of the $50/hr I pay him.

Just my 2 cents!

Adam

"The Black Sheep" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Can anyone tell me what a typical CFI gets paid? More specifically,
what a full time CFI in a local flight school can expect to get paid?
Just a WAG would be sufficient.

Thanks,
TBS
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The Black Sheep

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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And I feel that instructors who don't charge for their time hurt other
instructors.

I would guess that me fixing friends' PCs hurts other computer
techs. Or fixing my car or friends' cars hurts motor mechanics.
Such is life. :-)

Paul

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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And I feel that instructors who don't charge for their time hurt other
instructors.

So are volunteer fire fighters hurting paid firefighters? Are corporate
interns also "pimps?"

It is a free market CJ.

Instructors who offer their services for free are likely either very new
entrants to the field or retired CFIs who really enjoy instructing. I see
no problem with either group instructing for free.

If you wish to make instructing a career, find a niche which these
instructors cannot fill -- then you can get get paid whatever the market
determines you are worth.


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

"Ross Younger" wrote in message
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and his ticket would get pulled if you screwed up. My club charge full
rate (GBP 20/hour) for instructor time "supervising" student solos.


But he was describing a student cross-country flight, which is not a
directly-supervised flight as in a solo around the pattern.

Why would the instructor need to stay at the airport for a student doing a
solo cross-country. The instructor should supervise flight planning and
weather analysis and then just be available by telephone.

I even did an overnight trip to visit a friend during one of my student solo
cross-countries; my instructor was available to discuss weather or other
issues.


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com