Originally Posted by
TPROP4ever
That was not my intention. I'm simply burned out on people twisting my words around. I've stated till I am blue in the face that I simply believe that PFT is a viable alternative. Ive made it clear numorous times that I want to instruct also, after breaking into 121 ops, because I have more to give back now and understanding first hand what it like on this side of the house. I would not have made a good instructor if I had gone that route back then, I would have been there for all the wrong reasons I just think its a shame to poison the CFI industry by forcing people who do not want to be there, but are because they are believing they have no alternative, when there are other alternatives.
I can't think of any CFI who was confident the first time they took a student up. The thing is, Tprop, that becoming is not so much a right of passage as much as it is a tremendous experience builder. Teaching will not make you a better stick, rather it will teach you how to work in a stressful work enviroment with other people.
Don't take this the wrong way, but going straight to a 121 airline job will not make you a better flight instructor.
Point is, if you are pursuing a long term airline career at the 121 level then, like it or not, you WILL BE instructing one day anyway you slice it.
I won't criticize you or the career path you've choosen, but I don't believe in PFJ or PFT programs. I think these programs look to take advantage of people by offering them a shortcut into the industry. I won't fault anyone for taking this route, but I think their should be a movement to stop it.