SMAC265 You Can Have a Successful Flight Instructing Business Part 2

by CarlValeri on February 2, 2021

Welcome to Episode 265. This episode is for flight instructors and those who are considering becoming a flight instructor. But instead of an episode about the technical details involved in instructing we will discuss how you can have a successful flight instructing business. Today we continue our discussion from the last episode.

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Cruise Flight (Talking Points):

Part 1 recap
- Day vs hourly rates.
Flight school vs independent: some additional thoughts to part 1.
- Employee vs 1099 (contractor)
- Why some schools don’t give you a choice.
- Corp to corp bill.
- S, C or LLC.
  - Talk to your accountant.
- Benefits
- Students provided by the school
Insurance. (carl or victoria)
- https://air-pros.com
Types of students
- Primary
- Advanced (instrument / commercial)
- Multi-engine
- Non-rating-seeking (proficiency and refresher training)
- Even type rating.
Seeing a market/creating a niche
Recurrency (FIRC)
- In-person
- Online