Hillsboro Aviation

Any experience with Hillsboro Aviation in Oregon?

They're hiring instructors. Not sure if it would be worth the 50% pay cut
and the additional 45 minute commute each way...

....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.

-c

On Jul 16, 2:16 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
Any experience with Hillsboro Aviation in Oregon?

They're hiring instructors. Not sure if it would be worth the 50% pay cut
and the additional 45 minute commute each way...

...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.

-c

And your point is....?

"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Jul 16, 2:16 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
Any experience with Hillsboro Aviation in Oregon?

They're hiring instructors. Not sure if it would be worth the 50% pay
cut
and the additional 45 minute commute each way...

...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..."

-c

On Jul 16, 2:45 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in oglegroups.com...

On Jul 16, 2:16 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
Any experience with Hillsboro Aviation in Oregon?

They're hiring instructors. Not sure if it would be worth the 50% pay
cut
and the additional 45 minute commute each way...

...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?

-Robert

"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

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

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:14:19 -0700, "Chris G."
wrote:

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!

Definitely not Wally Olson at Evergreen offering primary training in
Taylorcraft under the GI Bill. Sounds like a certificate mill, and
how one feels about flight training is an indicator of how well one
may get on there. Different strokes.

I doubt if they're hiring, but I flew to McMinnville the weekend
before last and got old-fashioned treatment from Cirrus Aviation
there. (Including the courtesy car).

For anyone flying Interstate 5 in CA, 100LL at Willows (Glen County)
was $3.99, self-serve. It was also 102 degrees F, but I recommend the
on-field restaurant unreservedly.

Don

Don Tuite wrote:
snip
I doubt if they're hiring, but I flew to McMinnville the weekend
before last and got old-fashioned treatment from Cirrus Aviation
there. (Including the courtesy car).


And it's not self-serve! Actually, they're (reportedly) one of the
cheapest spots for fuel in the Valley.

Chris G.

"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!

That's pretty stiff. (OTOH, I wonder what their instructors make. Heh.
Probably peanuts.)

One of the things that concerned me was the chief instructor's comment that
he wants CFIIs because it's too much trouble to reassign the student after
he completes his PPL, and also it's a hassle for the student to "bond" with
a new instructor.

Personally, I liked switching up instructors between Pvt and Instrument.

-c

Wally Olson died about 8 years ago and Evergreen Airport closed last July.

Karl
Taylorcraft.....$7.00 per hr.
Wally...............$3.00 per hr.


"Don Tuite" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:14:19 -0700, "Chris G."
wrote:

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!

Definitely not Wally Olson at Evergreen offering primary training in
Taylorcraft under the GI Bill. Sounds like a certificate mill, and
how one feels about flight training is an indicator of how well one
may get on there. Different strokes.

I doubt if they're hiring, but I flew to McMinnville the weekend
before last and got old-fashioned treatment from Cirrus Aviation
there. (Including the courtesy car).

For anyone flying Interstate 5 in CA, 100LL at Willows (Glen County)
was $3.99, self-serve. It was also 102 degrees F, but I recommend the
on-field restaurant unreservedly.

Don