Humm. Can some one explain to me how flying 1000hrs in a 172 going around the pattern with a primary student trains you for an airline job? I see this idea a lot on this forum and quite frankly don't see the value of this type flying other than building the required time. Heck, most of the time logged would not even be considered X-country! I guess I did it the backwards way, I bought a B-35 Bonanza and have flown the stink out of it from coast to coast and north to south. Most CFI's I've encountered haven't flown further than the 2 hour required X-country. I bought a part share in Turbo Travel Air to get my 200 hours of twin time, we flew from FL to AK to CA just to get real life experience. I'm sorry but you guys barking about getting time the "hard" way as a CFI....just doesn't add up to me. Quality of flight time as well as quality of training is more important IMHO than just time.

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