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Originally Posted by mojo6911  After 40 hours of ground school and 25 hours of flight time, you should be more than good enough to pass the checkride. YMMV |
If anything, you might be able to do it in a little less than 25 flight hours...18-20 hours maybe. Same with ground...if you study hard, I think in the neighborhood of 25-30 ground hours is doable.
Honestly, there are a lot of 3, 5, or 7 day accelerated CFI courses out there that would get the job done. I'm not sure how good the quality of their training is, but they get you the ticket at least.
Even if you don't do an accelerated course, you could still hammer things out in 2 or 3 weeks of serious training at your local airport.
Also, don't worry about being instrument proficient...the CFI ride is 100% VFR.
Good luck with everything!