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JoeyMeatballs 08-14-2007 09:43 AM


Originally Posted by UPS1856 (Post 214659)
300 hrs isn't jack. It is kinda like screwing when you are a teenager. You think you got it down and are pretty good. Many years later you realize you didn't know anything.

With you 300 hrs, you are going to get your lunch handed by you by a check airmen on IOE when he lets you in on how much you don't know.
blasting thru the skies @ 300 kts and you still sitting back in row 14 is a humbling experience.

Giving IOE in the RJ you could easily tell a 1500+ guy vs a 1000/100 hr guy. Granted there is always the exception to the rule, but they a FEW and far between.

Get your CFI and "learn" to fly.

Good luck in your flying and sit back and realize 300 hrs is a long way from knowing how to fly.

Jesus, your AVATAR is amazing...........

CloudPilot57 08-14-2007 10:35 AM

"It is kinda like screwing when you are a teenager. You think you got it down and are pretty good. Many years later you realize you didn't know anything."

HAHAHA.. that's awesome

DeltaMike34 08-14-2007 11:00 AM

Wow glad I asked.
I know I dont know SH*T. That is why I asked. I want to get my CFI, I always have, but the opportunities now are amazing so i figured it would be worth inquiring about.

Rickair and his constructive answers have helped me. So thanks for that.

How did you guys ever manage as CFI's when you tell people who ask questions that they are stupid for asking and they dont know anything... The point of a question is to learn right?

Laxrox43 08-14-2007 11:01 AM

I would recommend at least teaching through 1 cycle of the 4 seasons, or at the very least the seasons out where you live, where you have the most adverse weather. I'm sure that you can fly in 'clear and a million' weather like the rest of us, but flying in reduced vis, clouds, the mountains, is where you really hone your skills.

Like rick said, if we all had the same opportunity you have, I'm sure we would think twice about instructing over getting 121 T-prop time. Good luck with whatever choice it is that you make bud.

Lax

PS. If you decide to instruct, take the interview anyway. That way, you have a pretty good idea what one is like once you feel you are ready to start interviewing.

rickair7777 08-14-2007 11:28 AM


Originally Posted by Laxrox43 (Post 214737)
PS. If you decide to instruct, take the interview anyway. That way, you have a pretty good idea what one is like once you feel you are ready to start interviewing.

I would only take a "practice interview" at a company like mesa or gojet...where you have no intention of ever working. If you decline a job offer, you will likely never get another shot with that company, and you never know what the future holds.

Laxrox43 08-14-2007 11:32 AM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 214769)
I would only take a "practice interview" at a company like mesa or gojet...where you have no intention of ever working. If you decline a job offer, you will likely never get another shot with that company, and you never know what the future holds.

Good point...


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