I am a high time CFI....+2600 hrs, and I am starting to wonder if I should start ripping pages out of my logbook to make it look like I don't have as much flight time. I have seen several instructors who were junior to me with lesser credentials get interviews/jobs at places I have applied to. I really wonder if the regionals are looking to hire someone who is around that 1000 hr mark. I guess the age old tradition of "paying your dues" has lost some luster.

I feel for the furloughed guys. I don't know why they wouldn't have you guys at the top of their list. But then again there are many variables!

CFI