Originally Posted by
IlliniPilot99
I guess maybe a point to bring up...eveyrone who is saying to get that CFI time to become a "better" pilot, if you had the chance to go to a regional at 300-400 hrs vs cfing for 2 more years and applying at 900-1000 hrs...YOU WOULDN'T DO IT???? I JUST DON'T BELIEVE YOU... unless you are REALLY waiting for a certain regional to give you that call AND/OR you really like ur instructing job (like really like it)
I waited but it had nothing to do with liking or not liking my instructing job. I instructed in Utah and did not want to commute. Knowing that SkyWest was the one place I could go and not commute I waited until I had the 1000 hours for SKW. It was more QOL issue for me than an issue of loving my instructing job or not. And yes Honestly I don't think I would have traded the valuable experience I gained flight instructing. I did have the oppurtunity to jump ship and go to another regional at 400 hours but chose not to. But that's just me, to each his own.