Originally Posted by
TonyC
You're kidding, right? Do you really think that the PTS and the Gleim book will give one the same understanding as a college-level course in Aerodynamics or Human Physiology? As for being a CFI, you can't teach something you don't know.
You might be out on a limb here talking about something for which you have no personal experience or expertise. I don't know of any FAA Certificate that substitutes for a college degree.
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So basically what you are saying is that having those classes makes you a better pilot than someone who didn't go to riddle or whatever. Wow. Actually you have to learn those concepts in order to teach them, and yes they have to be taught even if you don't go to airplane school. You have obviously not been a cfi.