Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Apr 10, 7:38 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
The local paper has an article about the local community college that
wants to cut the pay of its flight instructors:

http://www.registerguard.com/news/20...pilots.0410.p1....

Among other tidbits, I was surprised to see this:
"Flight technology is popular, with about a dozen instructors and
more than 100 students. The demand for pilots is so strong that most
students get jobs soon after completing the degree and flight hour
requirements."

If CFIs are willing to work for less than it would be irresponsible to
continue to pay them above market with tax payer's money. If they
would be paying below market they will be sitting there with no CFIs.

-Robert, CFII


I agree with you Robert and they may well end up with no instructors but
this is really not a lot different than a grad student teaching an undergrad
class. Also, if the CFIs are under the union agreement they may well be
being paid over the market rate.

One thing that leads me to think this may well be the case is the fact they
have "more than 100 students" and are losing $150,000/yr. That's in the
neighborhood of $1,500 per student/year. Either they are undercharging for
the service are they are poorly managing the program. Hardly a first for
either higher education or flight schools.