Originally Posted by stanrhintx
I appreciate your response. It seems I have my work cut out for me. At this point, my mission is to learn to fly the airplane from the right seat. I will either learn to be a captain or work elsewhere.
There are ups and downs to every job. As I stated, I am not a teacher by nature. As I pursued my training, there were a certain percentage of people who clearly didn't have the commitment nor ability to pursue aviation. I would have a very difficult time with such students. That being said, I believe that a person with 2,000 hours on a specific aircraft is more prepared to teach another professional on that same aircraft than a person with 300-800 hours on a few different aircraft teaching a person who hasn't a clue and maybe isn't even sure if he wants to be a pilot in the first place. I may be proven to be wrong, but I think we are looking at two entirely different scenarios.
As I said earlier, different strokes for different folks.
As long as you are willing to learn, you'll be fine. Hopefully you'll find that you enjoy it. I was basically an anti-social all-around loser in junior high, but managed to progress over the years to holding a very senior military rank. It was tough, but worth it.