Originally Posted by
BravoPapa
How does being a CFI make you more safe for flying when you're not flying for the most part? CFI is basically for time building to qualify you for something that has minimum hours, not for being 'safer'. (I'm sure you will get the opposite opinion before this thread is over).
OMG really?
You'll learn more about flying in your first year of instructing then all your flight training combined.
Just taking it as a time building excercise is really a disservice to and disrespecting of the profession.