Believe me, there are PLENTY of incompetent and immature CFI's out there. I have been an instructor for over 36 years, and I have seen it all. Some of the instructors I have worked with: taking off into 300/ 1/4 with no flight plan or clearance with a student; causing an accident with a private owner in his own airplane and not taking responsibility for it. The owner decided not to do anything about it, took the responsibility because he did not want the instructor's "career" to be tarnished. He should have had him tarred and feathered. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good instructors out there, it just seems, sometimes, they are few and far between. I am proud of everyone of my students, past and present. A lot of these people could not remember signing off someone for a ticket 6 months ago. Ego and that almighty total time is all that matters.