Great encouraging responses guys!!!! Excellent effort!!!!
W84me.... why not??? How about you wait for MARSHALL to go up north for a year or two, get totally disgruntled with the entire industry, forget half of what he's just learned, then with little more total time, then get his instructors rating... how about then?
A.H. sounds like you either work for a bunch of a@#holes or you've just got the wrong attitude. How the hell can a CFI blast your students if they are not up to standard? How can they not be up to standard if the CFI has been doing his job by giving you direct supervision if your new or indirect supervision (which includes standardisation checks and student ability checks)??? Maybe you've just got the wrong attitude.. Better get out now before you pass it on to your students.
MARSHALL If you want to do it, then do it. The rating itself is both one of the hardest things you will probably do in your life, and at the same time one of the most rewarding. It feels great after a couple of months to be able to jump in a plane and GET TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.. I didn't really learn to fly untill I did my instructors rating.
As far as work goes, there isn't a whole lot around, it really just comes down to the choice if you want to do the hard yards and get some rewarding experience.. Keep in mind, if you stick to it, it will happen.
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