No problem Jason... glad to help!
As far as how long the average grad instructs... I hate to sound like a broken record here... but it goes back to supply and demand. When the mins at regional airlines are low and hiring is high... then some folks have instructed for only 1-4 months in the past. But when it's the opposite... mins are high and hiring is low... then it can go for 6-12+ months.
Personally, I instructed during a lull in the industry myself... just after 9/11. I ended up instructing for almost exactly 1 year. I was hired at XJT with @ 965 hours total... of which 600+ were multi.
As far as flying during the ACPP... the answer is no, you don't fly everyday. Even though it is an "immersion" program... there will still be plenty of downtime. You will have days off as well. That said... when you aren't flying... you are usually doing one of the following:
- Waiting on the weather to clear so you can fly.
- Studying for your written exams.
- Taking your daily quiz.
- Waiting to fly.
- Getting ground instruction.
- Simming
- More Sim...
- Yes... even more Sim...
- Dreaming about flying.
- Chair flying.
- Group Studying.
- Chilling out.
- Relaxing.
- Did I mention the Simulator?
Bob