RA Instructor rating before CPL?
G'day,
I'm a prospective flight student currently sussing out training options. A flight school at a small uncontrolled airstrip near me put me onto a training pathway that I haven't encountered elsewhere and I want to see if anyone here has any thoughts about it.
They said I can do this progression: RPC -> RPL -> PPL -> RA Instructor. So I could start doing RA Instructing as soon as I hit the required PIC hours, which I believe is 100. The idea being to get working earlier and be able to claim all further training (CPL, MEIR, ATPL etc) as tax deductions. The RA Instructor rating could be converted to GA after finishing my CPL. They say they've only recently started doing things this way but have an instructor who did it to prove it works.
Anyone heard of this? Does it sound feasible? My main concern is that I wouldn't actually be able to find instructing work with such low hours, or that I would not be ready to be able to perform the job well when so inexperienced.
Cheers.