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
Thats is just gloomy AND incorrect!
Just to name a few; Ari ben, flight safety, flyoft, naples and miami-air are all hungry for fresh CFI's. I spoke to the Ari ben Aviator and EFT chief pilots recently and they are turning down student bc. of lack of instructors. This is a result of the hiring rates at the regionals. instructors on average log 80-100h/mo.
Regards
Ps: Baron you beat me to it!!