Old 07-02-2011 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by mooney
There is a huge difference that really cannot even be compared in a 250 hour CFI teaching someone to fly a 152 or seminole in very basic aerodynamics/meteorology in VFR pattern hops or the rare actual IMC instruction day or the 80 mile cross country $100 hamburger without even touching class A,B,or C and possibly even D airspace, compared to a high altitude swept wing jet flying in March on a 1000 mile leg from ATL surrounded by thunderstorms to BOS where it is 1/4 mile vis heavy snow and gusty winds under the time restraints/pressures/fatigue/nobody is there to hold my hand of the 121 world.
You make my point for me. What true experience does the CFI in your example here have? How does doing the things you mention for 1500 hours make him qualified to strap on a RJ? Someone who rented a plane and flew from the east coast to west and back would have far more real world experience than someone doing instruction in the local area.
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