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MikeD · September 13th, 2004, 16:30

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But that doesn't make the CFI job, in and of itself, any better than or worse than the other entry-level jobs. I just thought it was a little disingenious to rank the CFI job over the other jobs, simply because of pilot study habits, or lack thereof.

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And that, my friends, is the key. I think it's wrong of this guy to say that traffic watch, pipeline patrol, or banner towing is not as good as CFIing. Yeah, you have to stay sharp, know the regs, how to teach, and generally keep the guy on the left from killing you as a CFI. But what's to say the other guy in the other job can't study the regs to stay sharp or go out and fly some extra time on his own to keep some skills sharp? If the airline/company/whatever looks at him and says "Oh, he was never a CFI, so he must be rusty" that's really unfair to the guy who busted his ass.

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Fully agree. And EDU-8-tor, I fully agree with you that any job, or personal performance within, is what the person involved makes of it.

That being said, I still think that said Big Sky chief pilot is full of bull, and hasn't the first clue what the hell he's talking about to put down traffic pilots and banner tow guys. And I'd tell him so personally.

September 13th, 2004, 16:30	#16
MikeD Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark Posts: 6,897	Re: For those lookin for snakeoil [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] But that doesn't make the CFI job, in and of itself, any better than or worse than the other entry-level jobs. I just thought it was a little disingenious to rank the CFI job over the other jobs, simply because of pilot study habits, or lack thereof. [/ QUOTE ] And that, my friends, is the key. I think it's wrong of this guy to say that traffic watch, pipeline patrol, or banner towing is not as good as CFIing. Yeah, you have to stay sharp, know the regs, how to teach, and generally keep the guy on the left from killing you as a CFI. But what's to say the other guy in the other job can't study the regs to stay sharp or go out and fly some extra time on his own to keep some skills sharp? If the airline/company/whatever looks at him and says "Oh, he was never a CFI, so he must be rusty" that's really unfair to the guy who busted his ass. [/ QUOTE ] Fully agree. And EDU-8-tor, I fully agree with you that any job, or personal performance within, is what the person involved makes of it. That being said, I still think that said Big Sky chief pilot is full of bull, and hasn't the first clue what the hell he's talking about to put down traffic pilots and banner tow guys. And I'd tell him so personally.