The registered facility that I work at recently took on a CRI and he is excellent.
We were actually looking for an FI but the calibre of applicants was poor. None of their CV demonstrated any interest in GA. All had a bare minimum of hours and virtually all of them had never done any unsupervised/none training flights. And as unbelievable as it may sound one had never even flown in the UK. Frankly from our point of view they are unemployable.
The CRI however was a totally different kettle of fish. Holding FAA CPL, CFI, CFII as well as a locally acquired JAR PPL. It was obvious from his CV he had a strong GA interest and has proved himself to be quite an asset by bringing in a fair amount of extra work FAA BFR etc
In fact I would go as far as saying its a shame there isn't a few more like him around.
Last edited by Mickey Kaye; 26th Jun 2012 at 18:20.