Originally Posted by avanti

planecrazyjenn and rickair,

I just wanted to thank you for responding to my question about ground instructor ratings. Yes, I am considering getting this rating in order to help pay for my own flight training, and I do have a job lined up if I choose to complete the ground instructor rating.

By the way, looking at FAR 61.213, am I right to assume that in order to be an Instrument Ground Instructor, I do not have to be instrument rated in the airplane, nor do I have to have even passed the instrument written? That seems a bit crazy. I am only a private pilot right now, so I am trying to decide whether I should go for simply basic ground instructor or instrument ground instructor as well.