HI All,

Background: Former Part 121 F/O with COMM, INST, MULTI. About 860 TT, most of which is multi/turboprop. Left aviation a long time ago, but I am projecting an early retirement (at age 50) in a few years and want to re-enter flying as a flight instructor.

I haven't touched an airplane in almost 20 years.

Question: How can I get myself re-qualified in a fairly short amount of time and get my instructor ticket? Are there any flight schools that sort of "specialize" in breathing new life into has-beens like me? I think I need to go all the way back to the basics and approach this as though I were a zero-time student, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any similar stories? How did you get back into the air?

Thanks in advance for all helpfuls posts.