Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Anyone who spends the money to get a CFI is ill-informed. Today there are more CFI's than there are students. You can wallow as an instructor for years or simply pay the money to ATP and get a real job now.
If you want to teach be a CFI. If you want to be an airline pilot then pay the man and become an airline pilot.
Times have changed. The old CFI route is a waste of time.
SkyHigh
I think you might be right if someone is forty years old and doesn't want to screw around. For me though, having the CFI is the fastest way to build flight time and even though it doesn't pay great, at least I'm getting paid instead of paying someone else.