Originally Posted by
coldpilot
As a CFI you should be thinking ahead as if you are in a jet. Many of times I have watched my students approach the Class D without even having tower in standby. Chances are they would have been on downwind before they made the initial call. The CFI will have more experience dealing with weather, traffic, abnormal, and emergency situations than someone with a wet commercial. This stuff comes with paying your dues.
You guys are missing my point completely.
I said it once, twice and I'll say it again: The average 250hr pilot and the average CFI have no jet or 121 experience. Staying ahead of an aircraft moving at 460kts will pose to be a challenge for both. The systems will be a whole new ball game as well and so will dispatch and most of the other material.
Of course the CFI has more experience with weather, ATC, etc etc. That's a given. My point, and my only point, was that both will be faced with the same training challenges with no previous jet or 121 experience to help them out. That's all I was saying. I couldn't agree more that being a CFI will make you a better pilot and master the basics. There's no argument to that in my opinion. Anyway >yawn<, the table is all yours, I'm off to sleep.