Originally Posted by
waflyboy
Please, PLEASE PLEASE tell me this is sarcasm. In this market, there is no good reason for a person to buy 100 hours of multi time. I recommend getting the MEI and instructing! Flight schools are killing for instructors right now! You'll learn a lot and earn back some of what the training cost you.
I understand there's a sense of urgency to "get in while the gettin's good." But I'd strong advise against blowing $10K on multi time to save a month or two.
If you can get an MEI job, then by all means do it. I got one only after I had acquired 100 hours ME time. Not everyone is unattached and can juts pack up and head to florida to work at a puppy mill.
I'm a little out of touch with the big flights schools...can a 20-hour MEI walk up and get an MEI job right off the bat? Or would you have to work your way up through the ASEL ranks first? I would advise any new CFI's to try to get a job which can progress to MEI work...if your school has no twins, that's going to be an issue for you.
I AM familiar with the insurance issues plaguing GA right now...no way can a low-time MEI can teach at a club or small school. My club is ALWAYS bugging me to hang out my shingle again, but I'm done with professional CFI work...friends and family only.