mazzy1026
I think if you want to become an instructor you should go ahead, I hope to retire in a couple of years time and I was thinking about it myself (depending on how many exam hoops the CAA make me jump through).
I take the view that instructors should have a "mentor" and should be monitored better by the CFI, this business of lifting the restriction after a few solos is totally wrong.
I know at my local airfield a young instructor is usually on his own at the club school. On more than one occasion he has ask me about the ability of a couple of members wanting to hire the aircraft. The members brow beat the instructor to get the aircraft and he cant get in touch with the CFI. This should not happen at any club or school and if the system permits it then the system is wrong
JB