Originally Posted by N6724G

And I agree with you. Most of my instructors throughout my flight training have been 50+ year old guys that started flying in J-3 cubs. They teach because they love flying. I have had very few youg 20 somethingyear old fresh out of college instructors.

A person should flight instruct because the yenjoy teaching. not to build time on somebody elses dime. Like I said befroee Instructing can be a career and a good one. But it is a totally different career from being an airline pilot. Military flying is toatally different as well. Military pilots don thav eto abide by part 121 or part 91 depending on the operation they are doing. In Iraq, I saw pilots laning planes and helicopters where ever they wanted.