Originally Posted by
tsimmns927
Do you plan going all the way through MEI? I’ve read the program Instrument to MEI takes about 2 years. Of course I don’t even know if CFI-I or MEI is required to graduate and complete the program. I’ve heard of people using Liberty for Instrument and commercial, then moving somewhere else to knock out multi and Cfi since it might can be completed elsewhere outside a 141 program.
CFI-I and MEI are not required to graduate. They fall under the category "advances core courses". So instead of getting those, you can take classes like Airport Operations, or some classes like that.
As a full-time student, you can finish in about 2.5 years. If you want to become a CFI, I recommend you stick to around 12 credit hours a semester so you can be a full-time student (Collecting MHA) while being an instructor.
As of now, I'm not planning on getting my CFI/CFI-I/MEI. My goal is to time build my way to 1,000 hours by shelling out a good amount of money to get there faster than instructing.