As of today I am signed up as a flight instructor at one of Boston’s most active flight schools: East Coast Aero Club (www.ecas.com). I’ll be doing primary instruction in the Diamond Katana aircraft and perhaps some of the 1999 Piper Warriors (almost brand-new by flight school standards and equipped with GPS). I’ll also be doing one- and two-week cross-country instrument training trips, mostly with folks who have their own airplanes.
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It’s good that you’ll have a steady source of income.
Congratulations on your new endeavours. Is this in addition to or lieu of being an MIT professor, if I may ask?
Bud: Thanks. I’m putting the $14/hour into my EC120 helicopter fund.
Ravi: I just teach one course every three semesters at MIT. I retired from full-time work in 2001.
Now you will really begin to learn about flying. When I had to explain what and why, I discovered how much I didn’t fully understand.
Welcome to the ranks of those who are richly compensated (but not in dollars). I have a lot of respect for those who provide primary flight training, it was a lot more challenging than I anticipated. These days I mainly teach G1000, SR20/22, tailwheel, and aerobatics, and in an odd way I almost think it is easier than the primary training schtick.
Congratulations, Philip! I always knew you could one day work yourself past your roots as a computer programmer and MIT graduate.
BTW: great photo at http://www.ecas.com/instructors/philip_greenspun.html
Hello sir!
Could you let me know if someone with EC120 instructor lisence would like to travel to China train our pilots?
We now operate 1 ec120 and another coming soon.
Hawk Yang
Qingdao helicopter Co.,ltd, China