Originally Posted by
N6724G
From reading all of these posts, I am just curious. Do people become CFI's just to uild time to go to an aorline. From reading these posts, it seems like the ONLY reason to become a flight instructor is it is a way to build hours to go to an aoirline.
Are you guys not actually interested in teaching? CFI'in is not a means to an end. It should be a passion to teach others to fly airplanes. WHat about that?It seem they dont care about helping some one realize a dream. They just want to build time.
So, if you are working with a student. The moment you get to 1000 hours, you STOP and leave. nevermind the student you are developing. You dont care about him. You got your 1000 and you are gone. WHats up withthat attitude.
Sure, I want to be an airline pilot too but if I dont it wont be the end of the world. I love teaching, and if I do make it to the airlines I will stil teach ground school to students.
To some degree yes your correct. I became a CFI to build time. Thats why I did it. Doesn't mean I short changed my students or abandoned them. I fortunately had enough time that I was able to finish off most of my people. Others I made sure that they got handed off to another CFI and made sure their transition was as seemless as possible. I did have some students that made me want to jump out the airplane but, I also made some good lifelong friends and memories in the process.