No, I totally understand what you are saying with respect to the age thing. And I must admit that I don't believe that has anything to do with it, at least for me. One of the best instructors I have ever had was 22 years old. The unfortunate part for me, was I trained at a school that had a corporate side and they always drew from the flight instructors for new pilots. So as you can see, there was a pretty big draw for young instructors who had no other intention except building the time and waiting to be pulled over to the corporate side to fly King Air's and Hawkers. I will admit that to be that age and sitting either right seat in a Hawker or after a year, be sitting left seat in a King Air has to be pretty inviting.

Without a doubt, there are plenty of good young flight instructors out there who just have a passion for teaching. They may have other aspirations for themselves in the future, but they live in the present day and accept that they are teachers for the time being.

To me it really doesn't matter the age or sex, I am just like everyone else I think in that I want the most for my investment. And when you think about flying an aircraft, well without the proper training and knowledge base it can be deadly. So I am in the market to find an instructor who is willing to take the time and make the effort to hammer me with information while getting the best out of me in flying the aircraft. I am just not sure right now if I find that at a school, or if I network to try to find someone on the private sector of instructing...someone willing to take me on as their student.

Thanks for your repsonse(s).