Originally Posted by
Dash8Pilot
Wrong. It is because we were once 250 hour pilots as well. At the time we probably felt we were prepared for the airlines, and wouldn't learn anything by doing steep turns and traffic patterns all day long. Only after about 500 hours of dual given did we realize how totally clueless we were at 250 hours.
Being a CFI was the most valuable aviation experience I've had. I learned more as a CFI about human psychology, situational awareness, working ATC, command decision making, severe weather, and dealing with the unexpected than I did during all of my flight training. Anyone can run a checklist and learn callouts and profiles. It's the stuff you can't learn in a book that has everyone else concerned about low time pilots.
Props to that. I did it the hard way and even if some get to do it the easy way you still have to earn the right. Dont be in such a hurry, everyone wants to be "living the dream" butt some time it isnt all that. Take your time and learn more about flying other then how to fly a cessna and do patterns all day. Say what you want but at 600hrs I dont think I would want to be flying a across the ground at 500 kts with metal tube with 53 lives onboard that trust that I know what I am doing. Just a thought...