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After you earn your commercial pilot certificate, you may begin working on
your Certified Flight Instructor (CFI). In today's extremely competitive industry,
the airlines are very selective of the pilots they hire. They base their decisions
not only on the amount of time you have in the air, but also on the type of
experience you have.
The airlines favor pilots who have built their time instructing other pilots
over pilots who have built their time flying banners up and down the beach.
Any pilot that earns a CFI has clearly achieved a higher level of understanding.
While working on your instructor certificate at American Airman, you will
have the opportunity to aid in our ground instruction classrooms as well as
observe instructional flights with our other students. This will help sharpen
your teaching skills and make you a better instructor when you have finished
your training. And best of all, after you complete your training, you will
have the opportunity to work for our company as one of our instructors!
Estimated Costs:
Since our flight instructor course is typically combined with our commercial
pilot course, after you complete your Commercial Pilot Certificate you are
practically ready for your Certified Flight Instructor Certificate. We anticipate
it will cost another $2,200 for flight and ground training and $140 for exam
fees before you are ready to earn your CFI. Then, upon completion of your training,
we will hire you as one of our instructors, and you will be able to earn money
flying as a career pilot!
* Also, as one of our instructors, we will provide free instruction for your
Instrument Instructor Certificate!
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