I was at my flight school today, waiting for my next student to come in, when an older guy came in with two younger guys. He asked to speak to the chief pilot, so I got the chief CFI for him. He wanted to offer a seminar, of sorts, to the CFIs and anyone else who is interested for $25 a head. Our school has a newsletter, where one of our CFIs-turned-airline pilot wrote an article on his transition from teaching to flying 121. This guy that came in wanted to charge us to tell us how to go from teaching to flying 121 without being overwhelmed. Apparently, he is some retired pilot and instructor and the two other guys were his students.

I thought that this was sort of strange. Who would pay $25 to hear that? I would like to hear what you all think. Isn't ground school supposed to help with that transition? Also, can't I get the same information here, from you guys? For free?