Originally Posted by
airplane401
Should I go right to the regional airlines after I hit my 1500 hours through flight instructing? Someone at the school recommended I should fly part 135 for a bit (like planesense and tradewinds) before the airlines to get more experience. If the airlines are my goal, will I lack experience as a new hire if I only did flight instructing?
Thank you.
25%-50% of regional new hire classes are CFI backgrounds. Regional training programs are taking CFIs and making them airline pilots every month. Some are better at it than others, so choose wisely, but many are successful.