Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Originally Posted by
CaptainTeezy 
It will be a huge test to CFI in a C172 for 1500 hours. A test of skill and will.
Quoted for gospel...
Guys did it this way since the dawn of time. Kids these days...sheesh...
I HARDLY flew my tail off CFIing. Took some time off to go back to school, and once I went back to the CFI gig, found myself doing stagecheck pilot stuff, where I flew less than your average bear.
It STILL only took me 3 years to go from wet-CFI to commuter gig (which, BTW, required ATP mins), and that was in the middle of a recession. I learned a METRIC ton of information in that time, including how to run an aviation operation filled with recalcitrant, irritating, stubborn people (AKA pilots), evaluate students, how to get a new syllabus approved from scratch in a 141 op, deal with the FAA on a regular, professional basis, as well as countless other "skill sets".
So spare us all the "woe is me, I have to fly a new 172 with G1000" malarky. No one except your fellow millenial whiners wants to hear it. Man up and get it done.
Nu
I am not sure if you think I am the "woe is me..." guy but that is far from the truth...who exactly are you talking to? My point was that the guys that really want it will have the desire to instruct for 1500 hours and you cant half ass 1500 hours or you will do something to get a bad mark or your certificate. My point was that 1500 hours will be a good test of ones skill and will (desire).
I instructed to ATP mins,got my ATP and am doing the 135 freight gig. So I believe I am getting done what little there is to get done right now.