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Old 08-09-2019, 05:52 AM
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Also those ratings are boxes which you can check on major airline apps. They increase your app score, and therefore your odds of winning the lottery for an interview.

Most civilian and many military pilots have those instructor ratings, so without them you're definitely relegating yourself to the lower portion of the major applicant pool, all else being equal.

So you might need to figure out how to break out in other ways, typically that means check airman or sim instructor at a regional. CFI ratings are surprisingly not legally required for those jobs, but of course it would make you more competitive. Or you could join the national guard and get some fighter time.

I knew a guy (RJ CA) who couldn't get called. Interview consultants told him that his problem was that he didn't check enough boxes (his dad had owned a plane and he got his 1000 hours that way). Couldn't get LCA for the same reason. He ended up getting all flight and ground instructor ratings just to check some boxes.

There's a reason everybody gets instructor ratings. If you can think of something which works better, many folks here would love to hear about it!
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