having done both at seperate times I'd also recomend doing both if possible. the CFI gig makes you a very knowledgeable, very aware pilot. sitting there watching someone screw up just about everything known to man teaches you in a hurry what not to do and what to look at. and at 80-90 hrs. a month, you might like variety. i did 900 dual given in less than a year, then took a skydive job as a over qualified cessna pilot, but with the king air on site(and broken.) a year later, with 1000hrs in a 182 the king air was flying and all mine. and it is nice to fly barefoot, with alot of happy people. the skydive job and the 2000hrs that went along with it made me much more well rounded, able to handle any situation a airplane or weather might throw at you. then being hired at a regional i heard from many of the check airman, and even the chief pilot(sim inst.) that my skills were unmatched in years.
felt good to hear that. now as a check airman myself i can tell you first hand many of the guys we see as having only instructed are very limited in their ability to fly the airplane. but a bit of sim, and flying again gets them back up to speed, usually.
as someone else said, just enjoy what you're doing, everything will fall into place and you'll end up with that dream job flying heavies, thinking about the cool dream jobs you already had.
best of luck
felt good to hear that. now as a check airman myself i can tell you first hand many of the guys we see as having only instructed are very limited in their ability to fly the airplane. but a bit of sim, and flying again gets them back up to speed, usually.
as someone else said, just enjoy what you're doing, everything will fall into place and you'll end up with that dream job flying heavies, thinking about the cool dream jobs you already had.
best of luck
