Originally Posted by
bose-x
There is nothing preventing you do as you suggest now. A CRI would add some teaching and supervising knowledge to the mix.
Just ignore the FI who seem to think anything but being an FI does not fit the bill. The CRI is a great rating and actually suits a good chunk of the non PPL ab initio training that goes on. As I mentioned earlier it is also a damn sight easier to gain and maintain.
You have little to lose and a lot to gain by exploring that route first.
You are confirming my prejudices Bose, and I'm going to pursue that - test flying instruction using the CPL (+ 20 years test flying experience!), and try and quietly add a CRI in slow time. Since I can't see my doing this for about a year, getting the CRI before then is straightforward enough.
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