Originally Posted by
flysooner9
Wasn't really making the point that CFI's are better pilots. I personally think being a CFI really doesn't help much at all besides getting better at seeing things before they happen.
My point was just general experience, and when you graduate from a 141 school with 250 hours, pretty much the only way to build that general experience is to CFI, unless you get lucky and land a gig elsewhere.
My main point was that these first few through all pretty much meet the standard minimums anyway. We wont really know how it goes until the fresh 250Hour guys starting hitting the training.
This point should not be minimized. This is
one of the most important skills in flying.
The notion that instructor experience doesn't benefit airline flying is wrong and is mostly presented by those with either no experience as an instructor prior to airline flying or they instructed with the wrong attitude (i.e. strictly time building). In addition to the above, giving instruction develops decision making, PIC skills, CRM, basic flying skills, etc.
One should keep in mind the saying about flying 1 hour 1000 times or flying 1000 hours. Experience mileage depends on one's attitude.