Originally Posted by mooney
Some CFI's are the worst airline pilots I have flown with. 1000 hours of day VFR around the pattern doesnt do much in a jet shooting an approach to mins in a blizzard.
Sometimes its a matter of being in the right place at the right time, without having to buy your flight time. Then you wont need a CFI and can have just as good quality, if not better flight time doing things besides instruction.
Before I get accused of CFI bashing, I'm not....just showing another side of the story. There's more than one route to quality flight time, some are just harder/luckier to find than others. But a blanket statement that a CFI should be required for an airline job is a little too far out there..
But when they upgrade and they now have to watch/teach/mentor the FO now in that position, they'll be better prepared because of the CFI.
Where are piston flyers supposed to become experienced flying faster equipment before going to the airlines?
Last time I check I couldn't get a job instructing an a jet down to minimums in a blizzard.
The learning curve will always be there, except for the "luckier" pilot who can find that golden job, yet there will always be a captain saying what you have said.
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