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Old 11-02-2010, 10:46 AM
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Cubdriver
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If you what you want is the common and complete list of typical civilian teaching certs (CFI, CFII, MEI) to be able to teach all the common tickets (sport pilot, private pilot, instrument pilot, commercial pilot, multiengine pilot) and you have plenty of money throw in, I would rent a room near an AllATPs location and go knock them out in a month or two. It will be expensive but you will get a lot done and counted by the rating rather than by the flight hour, it is actually not very expensive doing it this way.

On the other hand if money is not as free or you do not need all the certs, or you do not want to leave town for several weeks then I would suggest self-teaching yourself the CFI material using a locally rented airplane and a mentor pilot located in your region. This way you would save some cash and since it is highly unlikely you will ever use that multiengine certificate anyway living in the sticks, this may be the better option for you. A third advantage to this approach would be networking among the locals.
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