Flying Instructor Association
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: essex
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SLIM SLAG - The solution is not protectionism or unions but just simply a case of getting supply and demand right. As demand for instructor's skillset isn't going to change much any time soon the only way to increase instructor's pay is to decrease the supply of instructors.
FTO's quite like to be able to churn out and recruit a ready supply of new FI's - this enables them to dictate the amount of renumeration and the other conditions of employment. I agree that supply and demand dictate pay levels however the problem is with the fact that some FTO's create new instructors who have no real world experience of for example - grass field operations (just one example).
I suggest that to make supply, demand and indeed pay better balanced the way forward is for Instructors to be freelance contractors who are not restricted from working independantly for themselves or FTO's. Get rid of the monopoly training establishments, get rid of the daft rules such as no ab initio training unless licensed strip, let people work for themselves and see what the market will bear ! Even at the very worst you still may have too many FI's but market laws will favour the most efficient and those who are providing the best customer service (be that to a student or to an FTO).
FTO's quite like to be able to churn out and recruit a ready supply of new FI's - this enables them to dictate the amount of renumeration and the other conditions of employment. I agree that supply and demand dictate pay levels however the problem is with the fact that some FTO's create new instructors who have no real world experience of for example - grass field operations (just one example).
I suggest that to make supply, demand and indeed pay better balanced the way forward is for Instructors to be freelance contractors who are not restricted from working independantly for themselves or FTO's. Get rid of the monopoly training establishments, get rid of the daft rules such as no ab initio training unless licensed strip, let people work for themselves and see what the market will bear ! Even at the very worst you still may have too many FI's but market laws will favour the most efficient and those who are providing the best customer service (be that to a student or to an FTO).
