Originally Posted by
mad_jock
Even just getting the CRI won't solve your problems to be honest.
You would still need a bit of time to build up experence being a CRI in other aircraft types before there would be any marked benefit away from what you are doing now.
Of-course: 30 hours in the classroom and 3 flying hours, compared to what I have now, is not going to make an immediate difference. All experience and ability takes time to accumulate, but the CRI should hopefully add to everything else I have, as well as giving a certain legal top-cover.
Additionally, why on earth should I spend too much of my valuable leisure time sorting somebody's flying out, when an FI whose living it is can make some money from the same exercise?
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