Originally Posted by
LostInPA
I do not want to get into a philosophical discussion about this, but "CFI's that excel" and "pilots that will succeed in 121 ops" are not always the same group of people. From experience, as a student pilot, training classmate, and in a former time at another job, union rep.
College GPA is actually a stronger predictor of 121 training success than previous experience (per the CP hiring dept.). There was only one CFI who had serious issues in CPZ training over the past few years, the vast majority excelled.