Yeah..if you were lucky enough to find a place that would allow you to do that... I spent 6 months instructing for a raging a$$ getting screwed over every chance he had...I was able to get a little bit more experience in IFR and dealing with IFR flying but after a while it got to be the same thing everyday. I had to practically beg to fly in his crappy Navajo...after leaving this job he sent me a bill for "the instruction he gave me in the twin" when I was simply flying for him so he could get some rest.

Before flight instructing I went to a very structured University where we were trained specifically in CRJ-200 Systems, CRM, spent 20 hours in a CRJ-200 Level 6 FTD flying approaches, stalls, engine failures fires and numeruos other emergencies. We learned standardized callouts, profiles and all the memory items. I feel that my training while attending this university prepared me for my current job more than flight instructing ever did. If anything flight instructing made me lose some of the skills I had learned at school.

I meet people that have 3 times the flight experience that I do that are struggling with the CRJ-- I meet people with the same time that are handling it fine. Don't judge soley based on time, look at the background of the person applying judge their strengths and weaknesses and make a decision off of that.

I got hired to fly the CRJ with TT 650 ME 55...20 CRJ FTD