Originally Posted by
BSOuthisplace
So you're saying when I had a choice between taking $15-20 an hour and flying maybe 600 hours a year and poor QOL as an instructor and taking a job with a regional with a somewhat decent contract, pay, and QOL, I should have taken the CFI job just so when I did eventually get hired by an airline I would have a little more respect from the captains I fly with? Let's all get real.
No I am not saying this..... Never did I post anything about gaining more respect from your captains by having more time. What gains your captains respect is your ability to operate the aircraft safely and according to set procedures, having a good grasp of the ATC system and the ability to make good sound decisions. All of the above come from experience. Lets face it a 1000 hour pilot is low time, heck even 4000 hours isn't all that much. Personally I didn't feel like I really had been around until over 5000 hours. When I got hired at a major airline the average male in my class had over 10,000 hours and 4 type ratings! Did this make us great pilots? In itself no, but what it did do is provide the guys we were flying with a level of competence and knowledge that was garnered from experience.