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I dont like instructing cause im not good at it. Ive tried it, but I wouldnt want me as an instructor. Im WAY better at just flying the plane.
 
I don't think any of us were great instructors when we first started out, but you will figure out your own teaching style that works for you with time. I would not be where I am now without flight instructing and I'm sure that goes for many of us on this board. By the way if you only have 400-500 hours of total flight time you still have alot to learn!
 
I dont like instructing cause im not good at it. Ive tried it, but I wouldnt want me as an instructor. Im WAY better at just flying the plane.

What happens when your a Captain at a regional and you get a low time FO sitting next to you. Its pretty much flight instructing is it not? Just stick out the flight instructing it does get better, it just take 200 hr of dual given to feel comfortable. Plus flight instructing will make you sharp for that first job.
 
I dont like instructing cause im not good at it. Ive tried it, but I wouldnt want me as an instructor. Im WAY better at just flying the plane.
Cop out, plain and simple. Nobody ever wants to instruct. I'll hire an instructor any day over someone who just waited for a time-building gig.
 
For me, I actually enjoy teaching. I think that when someone likes what they do, they do it better. Good for hurdlinmasta if he knows that he is not good at instructing. But....hurdlinmasta, you might consider giving yourself time to develop your own teaching style. 400 hours tt is very green. If nothing else, it will help prepare your decision making skills needed to become PIC on that dream job.

Good Luck!
 
For me, I actually enjoy teaching. I think that when someone likes what they do, they do it better. Good for hurdlinmasta if he knows that he is not good at instructing. But....hurdlinmasta, you might consider giving yourself time to develop your own teaching style. 400 hours tt is very green. If nothing else, it will help prepare your decision making skills needed to become PIC on that dream job.

Good Luck!

I agree. I think we all felt unfit at certain points in the beginning. Please consider becoming a member of the Nat'l Association of Flight Instructors. I recall that much of the great teaching habits I developed were aided by articles in their Mentor magazine. I also developed a lot of teaching skills from more seasoned CFIs I worked along side.

;) Here's the thing though dude, many "low-time" flying jobs i.e. traffic watch, ferrying, etc. result from being a CFI at that business or airport.
 

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