Originally Posted by
JGonzalez1305
I was told when learning how to fly that "PIC non instructing" time looks better than a lot of "dual given" time. Now listening to what everybody is saying, it looks like this statement might be false.
This statement is a half-truth. PIC non-instructing time only looks better after you have some of that dual-given time. Where I work, if you got all that time without any dual given, you'll probably not be given a second look. All of the pilots where I work with the exception of one were flight instructors at some point, and seeing some CFI time is a major plus as well as a bond-builder. Get your CFI. You'll be glad you did.