Originally Posted by
LoneStar32
That's the myth people like perpetuate but the truth is that lifer CFIs can make some of the worst instructors. They have long lost touch what it is like to be new to flying. At the mom and pop shop I used to teach at the "older" CFIs would find any excuse not to fly with their student and do ground instead. Why leave the comfy confines of the FBO for a cramped 152 you've spent 1000 hours in? They had many 75 to 100+ hour PPLs while my students were getting theirs 45 - 55 hours.
To add to the above. Be cautious with self employed CFI’s as there are some out there that choose that path because they’re unemployable.
Personality issues.....dings on their records.
They keep afloat by conning people just long enough. Play the ace of the base with their “Ive never had a student fail” spiel.
Yep, haven’t finished one this year either.
Problem with self employed is there in no one to hold them accountable.
Find a local FBO with decent airplanes, decent syllabus and decent reliable instructors and train part time.
Fly trips with your son and don’t be afraid to go out of state for fun stuff like mountain flying courses or glacier flying in Alaska or a Seaplane rating in Key West or a Glider rating in the Rockies.
I’d avoid your own plane like the plague.