Originally Posted by Bellanca

There are a lot of schools that won't let a CFI touch a multi unless they are one of the more senior CFIs. In the last 2 and a half years when nobody was hiring, senior CFIs weren't moving out and the 'newer' guys didn't get any multi time. Then those 'newer' guys were left sitting at 1200-2000 hours with very low multi time. I know a lot of people that were in the same boat that this person is in.

The fact is that most airlines filter out applicants with low multi time without looking at the quality of their hours. Some of the people I know that have high TT and low multi worked at a school based at a Class C airport, took students into actual, into other class C's and B's, etc., but all of that doesn't matter when your app gets auto-filtered out because of one number.

I guess the dude/gal that bought 50 or more hours of split time in a multi going for $100 hamburgers while logging 'under the hood' time for half of it is probably so much more qualified than an 1800 hour CFI.

As for the, "How did this guy keep going to 1800 hrs without thinking what he needs in his resume/profile... ...That he needs to get multi time"
This happened over the last couple years, when nobody was hiring and there were a lot of people on the streets looking for whatever flying job they could get. More flight schools were going bankrupt closing every week, there were lots of CFI's with 500-1000+ hours out of work. Assuming he was in a decent CFI job, possibly a salaried position and guaranteed students I'm sure he couldn't afford to leave it. Flying and getting some time, even if it is only single engine, is a hell of a lot better for the resume than very little to no flying at all.