"Knowing Max for just a short time has opened my eyes to the fact that I truly miss teaching people how to fly myself." So says Rob Mark in the article he posted yesterday on his www.jetwhine.com blog. JetWhine has always been one of my favorite blogs, so when Mark contacted me a few months ago and suggested that he interview me for the blog, I was happy to do it.
Previous blog articles had talked about CFI issues, such as the high turnover among instructors and the relatively low pay for CFI’s employed by flight schools (hmmmm, do you think the two might be related?). I think Mark was wondering how one succeeds in the CFI game given those challenges. The article title, Max Trescott…CFI, Entrepreneur certainly fits with my idea of how one should attack any job. Be an entrepreneur. Seek opportunity, identify needs and provide value. It’s no different in flight instruction. You can read Mark’s full article here.