Originally Posted by
Professional Amateur
On a big scale the idea of training to be a cpl, then CFI then you staying on as a CFI at the school comes across as a pyramyd scheme.
Just saying the pilot shortage problem will rear its head again but in a different form. That form will be an oversupply of cfis in the system with low or no students.
The problem is getting people from a fresh CPL to ATP mins. There aren't all that many ways to do that but CFI is one used for a long time here...just a pipeline.
As for CFI supply vs student numbers, the reverse seems to be the case in that schools are having a hard time keeping CFI because the regionals are snapping them up so fast. When regionals stop that, the problem of CFI oversupply
might exist or perhaps self correct.
It's a puzzle...