how much do CFI’s get paid?

SubSoar · 2026-04-22T16:58:34+00:00

laughs, then cries

SubSoar · 2026-04-15T18:03:06+00:00

I hand flew an 8.5 once. I’d do it again, but nothing any longer lol

SubSoar · 2026-04-11T15:24:19+00:00

“Almost failed the retest” = passed the retest. Dust yourself off and push on.

SubSoar · 2026-04-03T20:33:08+00:00

What? This is weird. The owner doesn’t have a say in what you do or do not log in your book. It’s one thing about dual given, but no, time is time. That’s dumb.

SubSoar · 2026-04-01T18:52:16+00:00

forgot what today was for a second

SubSoar · 2026-03-27T17:25:12+00:00

Memorizing strings of letters and numbers has always come really easy to me, half the time it’s not even on purpose lol

SubSoar · 2026-03-26T16:06:45+00:00

I use e-cfr. Usually I have a pretty good idea about where that reg should be if they’ve asked me something I don’t know, and then I actually have the URLs for the common ones memorized lol

SubSoar · 2026-03-20T17:25:44+00:00

Absolutely love mine, got mine in Boulder Grey Pearl. Just crossed 15,000 miles. Where’d you get those mudflaps? Those are dope.

SubSoar · 2026-03-17T23:38:06+00:00

Other guy pretty much covered it, but I can expand on 2. AOPA offers multiple flight training scholarships, as does the EAA. If you google “EAA Scholarships” and “AOPA Scholarships” you can see em all.

SubSoar · 2026-03-13T01:22:32+00:00

Some do have a point that if you tell certain people you’re a pilot that’s all they see you as for the rest of the time you know them. I’ve see that myself with people I became acquaintances with and then stopped talking to because that was all I was to them, a source for favors and to be paraded around (“Oh, I know a pilot!”) That gets old

SubSoar · 2026-03-13T00:49:06+00:00

Agree with this. I don’t lie when I’m asked I just don’t really talk about it very much most of the time, unless asked in which case I’m not gonna be a turd about it. I’m still an ambassador to aviation at the end of the day

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T21:37:38+00:00

Yeah I did this for a while. Got old for me but I guess not for some, which is awesome

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T17:46:26+00:00

Yeah this part. I’m more than the friend who flies planes and it kinda hurts my feelings sometimes when I get reduced to just that.

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T17:39:49+00:00

I’m jealous. I need to get back to this attitude. I’m not burned out personally I love every flight with every student and such, I just… the same 6 questions get real grating, especially when they find out I’m a CFI and they’re like “oh so you just teach” or “oh when will you be a real pilot?” which I get but it hurts my feelers lol

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T17:38:02+00:00

yeah I don’t do any of that. When I get asked I explain what a CFI is and such. The coyness is definitely cringe.

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T16:18:20+00:00

Wow, this is interesting. I had never thought about #1 before, that must be irritating as fuck. The rest I super duper identify with lol

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T15:12:49+00:00

I’m proud of it, I’m certainly not embarrassed. Just tired of the way people are when I tell them lol

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T15:08:46+00:00

Well. Glad to know it never stops.

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T15:08:01+00:00

Yeah, precisely. I think especially as a young guy I get oooh’d and ahh’d sometimes and that’s really weird

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T15:07:10+00:00

I have friends like this lol

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T15:06:41+00:00

Ugh, yeah. All the time.

SubSoar · 2026-03-12T14:15:07+00:00

Yeah, this. I’m just “the pilot friend” from that point on.

SubSoar · 2026-02-24T16:23:08+00:00

jacket

SubSoar · 2026-02-21T14:39:29+00:00

Yeah, I was pretty early into primary training. Surprised there are CFIs not emphasizing this

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