Dan CFI/CFII
I'm a dippidy doer
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2001
- Posts
- 347
BTW-I'm a Purdue grad.
As to the CFI being the "master..." They SHOULD be, but I'm 99 percent sure I know where you are flying, and trust me, they've got more than one CFI who are bottom of the lowest barrel in my book... Of course, they've got a couple real good ones too.
To be a CFI, you've just got to be able to pass a checkride, but to be a good teacher, requires much more (specifically, the ability and willingness to teach). Do us all a favor, don't become a CFI if you don't want to be one, a CFI who dislikes what they do is a burden on the students pocketbook, and a drag for everyone they work with. But being a CFI is awesome (except for the pay)--I get to talk to people all day, buzz around the most beautiful country imagineable, in nice airplanes, and I get to work with some altogether fun people! To boot, I even get paid a mere pittance for it!
The only reason I got my CFI was because I once had a real bad one, and I decided I'd try to help keep people like him from having jobs as flight instructors...
Dan
As to the CFI being the "master..." They SHOULD be, but I'm 99 percent sure I know where you are flying, and trust me, they've got more than one CFI who are bottom of the lowest barrel in my book... Of course, they've got a couple real good ones too.
To be a CFI, you've just got to be able to pass a checkride, but to be a good teacher, requires much more (specifically, the ability and willingness to teach). Do us all a favor, don't become a CFI if you don't want to be one, a CFI who dislikes what they do is a burden on the students pocketbook, and a drag for everyone they work with. But being a CFI is awesome (except for the pay)--I get to talk to people all day, buzz around the most beautiful country imagineable, in nice airplanes, and I get to work with some altogether fun people! To boot, I even get paid a mere pittance for it!
The only reason I got my CFI was because I once had a real bad one, and I decided I'd try to help keep people like him from having jobs as flight instructors...
Dan
