Pathway to Becoming an Airline Pilot: Is CFI Worth It?

[cptfurkan]

Is working as a CFI actually valuable for becoming an airline pilot, or does it just slow down the process? Do airlines value CFI experience?

[bafanguy]

Originally Posted by cptfurkan

Is working as a CFI actually valuable for becoming an airline pilot, or does it just slow down the process?

If a CFI job is the only flying option for a new low-time pilot then it's a valuable job. The question then becomes what other options does one have available to gain flight time.

I don't know if airlines "value" CFI experience.

[TowerDog]

I got a bunch of licenses when I was a low time pilot just to keep flying: CFI, CFI-I, CFI-ME also Sea Plane single and multi engine,
The last one got me in a Twin Otter on floats and now I logged 96 hours of multi engine and turbine time every month.
The airlines liked that and 11 years later I climbed into the left seat of a 747-200.
Yes, any license and any flying may help you in the future.

[bafanguy]

cptfurkan lists his location as Turkey. Our US frame of reference may not entirely apply in Turkey. But one thing is universal for low time CPLs: take any flying job you can get...as soon as you can get it. Figure out the rest later.