Originally Posted by SkyHigh
Buy a Cessna 150 and get an autogas STC. Fly the heck out of it for around $20 an hour. Skip the CFI route since it is difficult and unproductive as a part timer. In a few years you could have 1000 hrs and then buy a Piper Apache, get your multi in it and fly the heck out of it for around $40/hour till you get 200 hours. In my experience it would be cheaper and more fun than loosing your weekends as a CFI.
SkyHigh
Thats true. Not much fun doing 10 times around in a pattern day in an day out dodging snow squalls and gusts to 40. Went to Portland Me the other day and atis was 300@18 G28. Pretty tame. When we were on finally she came over the radio and said winds were 320@30 G45. Approach went surprisingly well. Though not fun at all sometimes.