[quote=rickair7777;360033]Not really true. Dummys are more likely to make bad decisions, but even a smart person with good common sense needs a frame of reference for his decision making. Judgement does not occur objectively in a vacuum...you need that frame of reference, which in this industry is measured in quality and quantity of flight experience.

Just to add my two cents worth, the CFI route is the best preparation for future airline CA's because the CFI gets:[quote=rickair7777;360033]


As a pilot we are supposed to use Good Judgment,,Good Judgment comes from Experience,,,Experience comes from Bad Judgment.
There is no substitute from being out there in the system flying as a cfii seeing situations you would never have thought could happen and dealing with them successfully.

Or 135'ing in AK over a winter in a C207 flying 8-10 hr's a day in stuff most pilots experience for mere seconds during takeoff or landing. Landing on icy windy 1200ft gravel strips, beaches and frozen rivers.

Will that make you a better pilot/fo or captain, why sure,, you have experiences to draw from where you made dumb mistakes or decisions back when you had 500-800 hr;s and thought you really could walk on water.

Only through that experience of just doing it comes good judgment,,for those who don't learn from their mistakes they are conveniently discarded from the gene pool. Problem is they don't know they have bad judgment until a situation comes up that they need experience to draw from.