Flight Instructor - Various Aircraft

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VARIOUS AIRCRAFT

Employment - Permanent

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Minimum requirements

Type rating

Not required (Training Provided)

Preferred time

CFII, MEI

License req.

CFI

Open to Lic. Holders

FAA

Medical

Class 1

Visa sponsorship

Not provided

Job description

Our international students are all airline-sponsored; currently, our training contracts are with airlines in China. Students arrive in classes of 20-35 students and are in Redding for 12-14 months for their training.. All students speak English and their ages range from 20 to 27 years old. Most are either 4th year-university students or post-graduate students in China.

An instructor is typically assigned four students in the Private Pilot Course. As the students progress through their Instrument/Commercial and the Commercial Multi-engine courses, IFT trains and qualifies the instructors under Part 141 so they can continue training the same students. This builds a good working relationship between the students and instructors and provides students a psychological boost by having one instructor for most of their training.

Work conditions

Typical Work Week

A typical instructor day consists of 4 activities – one each with the students. These could be flights, FTD sessions, or oral review sessions, depending on the student’s course progress. An instructor can expect to be scheduled for 7-9 hours per day; start and end times of an instructor’s work day will vary. Over the course of a week, instructors typically work 30-40 hours, including pre- and post-flight briefing times and flight times. Hours can exceed this, especially during hours of longer daylight and summertime.

Interview, screening and training section

Step 1

When IASCO Flight Training hires an instructor, they first complete an initial training program, which takes approximately 3 weeks. At the end of training, an instructor must pass a Part 141 proficiency check flight in order to continue employment.

Compensation and benefits

Overtime pay

Training

Uniform allowance

Other

Summary

We offer advancement opportunities for instructors, including Part 141 qualification training to teach additional courses and management-type positions, such as lead flight instructor.
Additional instructor ratings – Instructors who do not have their CFII or MEII will have the opportunity to obtain those certificates through IFT-sponsored programs which cover most or all of the training costs. Instructors must pay the DPE fee and rental cost of an IFT aircraft for the FAA practical test, and the knowledge test fee.
Pay – CFI hourly positions start at $45,800/year plus OT, and instructors are paid while they are in initial training (at an introductory pay rate). IFT also offers a great benefits package (see below for information on benefits).
Job materials – IFT provides instructors with uniforms, sectional charts, checklists and reference books.
Timebuilding – Instructors can expect to build time quickly. Our instructors average 80-100 hobbs time per month. This is in addition to providing instruction in the FTDs.