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Originally Posted by matteo  Who has the best CFI program out there? |
Boy, throwing this blanket of an opinion based question out there is not going to produce good results, I am afraid. This would be like throwing out a general question like....Who makes the best airplane?
I think Mr. Grayson is saying that "you" make the best CFI program. That is, by taking the FAR/AIM and wearing it out. After all, that is where almost everything comes from. Even if you go through a CFI program that knows all of the ins and outs of what the FSDO is going to ask you, you will still end up with a freshly minted CFI ticket and not much more than that. The only way to make sure that you really "get it right" as a CFI is to put in tons of extra effort in educating yourself as to the regs. Mr. Grayson is probably one of the most respected CFI question answerers on this board. Him and Midlifeflyer.
As for going through a program to get your CFI ticket....it all depends on your criteria and what you think fits you. As you explained in your justification as to "just getting enough to get through the commercial," I think you are looking for a program that really shows you what you need to learn as a CFI and how to get you through a checkride with knowledge that is better than most other programs. I went through the American Flyers program which is 30 entire days. And, you get the CFI/CFII tickets at the end. I liked the program and feel that I learned a very good bit of information and was really able to knock the oral out come checkride time. But, getting the ticket is only the beginning. Now I am going back through all of the stuff that I accumulated from that academy and am just beginning to fill in the hundreds of blank pages. There were many times that we would sit in the academy and scratch our heads at people that do it in any quicker time and without the major coddling that this program provides. So, I recommend the American Flyers CFI/II academy. It will cost you from $4.5 - $5.5k and lasts 30 full workdays.
