Originally Posted by
Castle Bravo
What are the possible and "normal" routes to get your CFI?
There are the various academies, what else? What about the guy who lives in rural South Dakota/WY/edge-of-nowhere?
Asking for a friend...
Find an experienced local CFI. He can assist/mentor while you do self-study on the knowledge stuff. More so than other ratings, you'd want to stick with one guy, so you'd be looking for an established local, not a time-builder who's going to run off and join the circus with no notice. Guy like that will not be cheap most likely, especially today.