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Originally Posted by DE727UPS "DE727, where are you going with this?"
Well.....I was thinking of going over to the FSA forum and telling Badco, who is waiting for Catherine from Marketing to get him a class date at ASA after doing direct track and not getting hired for several months, that maybe getting your CFI and instructing for a while is a good thing.
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DE, you're brutal, why be that hard on Badco?
He's in the pool, he WILL get called.
From FSA's Direct Track FAQs:
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When will I start working at the airline?
After the completion of Phase III and IV you can expect a waiting period of 30-90 days before you begin Basic Indoc at the respective airline’s headquarters.
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Badco finished his checkride (end of phase 4) at the end of January.
So, 30-90 days = 1 to 3 months.
So, it hasnt been three months yet. The point is he will get a class date, and very soon. Other direct track students in his class have gotten class dates, and he will get one too.
It's clear from your posts you loathe (too strong a word, then how about 'mildly chastise') low time pilots who have done Direct Track. You're a "get your CFIs, instruct, do it the ol' fashion way' kinda guy.
Well, some aren't. They just don't want to teach/be a CFI. They can choose to do direct track.
I would never tell someone to get their CFI unless they want to, and are passionate about teaching. I had the unfortunate experience of having an instructor at my FBO, a guy who did all his training from a large, flight academy... name not given to protect the innocent.
He made it clear from day one that he only needed XXX more hours before he could interview with a regional. He just wanted the lesson to be over with, and he couldn't care less. It was clear he was a CFI solely to build about 500 hours of time, and then bail to the regionals. His attitude, to me, was unacceptable. I dumped him as an instructor, and got an ol' timer who was very passionate about teaching flying.
"Intructing for a while is a good thing" is only good if the person actually wants to teach, has passion for teaching, and has patience with newbies. (I'm not implying Badco would make a bad CFI). My point is that I don't think you can just tell someone to get a CFI certificate and start teaching to kill time before you get a class date.