Thread: is the CFI certificate necessary
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Old 02-13-2010, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by skork View Post
first off, time building is not an issue. I get easily about 400 hours of single engine PIC time a year for free. I am just wondering if i should spend my next amount of money on the multi to start chipping away at the multi time or should i do the CFI route because that is an unwritten rule about getting hired at the regional. also, if i need the CFI, do they want to see instruction time and how much? thanks for any insight.

It's not the rating the regionals care about..it's the instruction time. 200 hours dual given is 100x more valuable than 400 hours single engine xc with a friend. Get your CFI and teach, you'll learn more teaching than you ever did as a student / time building.
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