Originally Posted by
N6724G
Someone please tell me how flight training in a single engine airplane sitting in the right seat teaching a student how to do S-turns, turns around a point, stalls and slow flight is real world training to be a First Officer on a commercial airliner? Too me they sound like two different kinds of flying.
I decided to go get my CFI instead of going to the regionals, for financial reasons. Plus I think it will be fun making my own schedule and rewarding to put students through their licenses.
I have limited 'heavy jet sim' time, but I can definitely say that CFIing will not prepare one for the right seat of a jet anymore than the 300hr pilot. I will say this...I think my communication skills, CRM and reaction to emergencies/skills to handle them will improve 10 fold from where I am now. But the actual flying and the 121 environment can't be prepared for as a CFI. The only way to get real world experience in a jet/121 world is to actually work in the jet/121 world. What else is there?