Teaching Others What You've Learned So you’ve earned your commercial pilot certificate and now you want to fly helicopters for a living. But all the "pilot wanted" ads require thousands of hours of helicopter experience. How do you build those hours? Unless you are independently wealthy, the only way to build those hours is to become a certified flight instructor (CFI). Now you'll get paid while teaching others how to fly. And you get to put those instructing hours in your own logbook. Teaching will make you a much better pilot, and you will have a tremendous and lasting impact on your students. To earn the CFI, you have to be able to perform flight maneuvers to commercial standards from the instructor’s seat while explaining what you’re doing. It isn’t easy, but it is extremely rewarding. You’ll need a commercial certificate and 200 hours of helicopter experience (including at least 50 in the R22) to teach in the Robinson. Pilots who are working towards their commercial certificate are encouraged to take this course concurrently because it will save both time and money. Dual Instruction $245 per hour Ground Instruction $40 per hour