Pros
If enough instructors leave, those left behind may eventually see a meaningful pay raise. The instructors / CSRs and some PMs are some of the best / smartest people in the industry to work with. You will learn a lot as an instructor teaching here.
Cons
The management structure above PM level seems out of touch with the current demands on instructors at FlightSafety. The job has steadily become more challenging and demanding, including higher levels of oversight and quality control. Instructors now have to be experts on international procedures, CPDLC, data link, RNP-AR, HUD / EFVS, Synthetic vision, FAA/EASA/GACA/GCAA/ANAC/DGAC and more regulations. Need to know multiple 135 SOPs and training programs. Higher standards is good but this is a different job compared with what Directors and CMs and ACMs did 10-30 years ago. Many managers never instructed for more than a few months and only at low levels of instructor qualification. So they have no clue what teaching 10-12 days in a row feels like. They have no clue what a 14 hour day feels like. They have no clue what flipping late to early schedule and back again does to your body clock. Upper level managers are usually groomed from the street rather than working up from instructor and generally have military background or marketing background (just an observation, not a negative). CMs make their money from the company's PIP Proffit sharing program that motivates CMs to keep costs and salaries low. The PIP is presented as if it benefits employees but most employees will see little benefit from the rare years that FlightSafety actually pays it out. CMs are smart enough to know they will probably be moved in 2-3 years so all decisions they make are short term to maximize their own PIP bonus. This means staffing levels and pay levels are lagging industry norm. The latest bonus program (back to IIP) reflects how out of touch LaGuardia is. Many instructors will leave in 2016 since no salary adjustments are happening other than 3% bump for SFEs (good thing). Under the new program, if you hit 100 hours (DAL time with client) you'll make $810 bonus that's taxed at bonus rate. Not terrible for brand new instructors on entry level programs. For senior instructors on mid and large cabin, the job offers are so strong now that many will be leaving. The IIP has a negative connotation because we all know it disappears with one email the moment the attrition stops regardless of what is preached verbally - just like they did last time we had IIP. LaGuardia probably just blew it's last chance to hang onto some of it brightest and most dedicated long - term instructors. Rumors abounded that pay adjustments were coming. This - is just a slap in the face.