Pilots are rewarded for taking short cuts. When hiring does resume all the wonder kids who were smart enough to hire on at a regional when they were taking guys with only 300 hours will be in the best position to get hired.

The rest who choose to take the long and slow CFI route most likely will be stuck there for a very very long time. Even though many of the wonder kids are furloughed or laid off right now they have part 121 muti engine turbine or jet time on their resume.

It isn't much however they will have a leg up when it comes to getting another regional or corporate jet job. They will be among the first to get hired if or when hiring starts up again. They could easily jump many years ahead of their 3000 CFI peers.

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