Here is how I see it. Someone asks a question. If he is smart he'll be open to any and all advice that he may get. If someone like mikeinterweb comes along and gives him advice that doesn't make him feel all warm and fuzzy, then tell him thank you and forget about the post. But to tell mikeinterweb that he is lecturing, berating, and belittling is comedic. All of which were mentioned prior to mikeinterweb wishing him good luck.
Once again I never once told you that you have to CFI. I told you that if you don't like teaching you better stick to single-pilot flying and/or being a co-pilot your whole career as being a captain is very much a teacher/mentor position. I even had a "single-pilot" position where I had to take on SICs and let them fly slow and an inefficient manner while I sat there fully knowing I could do it better. There are three members on this board that were my SICs. Yes they put up with my BS but I would hope that each of them would tell you that I taught them alot when I was in a position that I didn't "have" to teach them anything.
The point is at sometime in this career you are most likely going to be forced into teaching and coaching someone with less experience then you. If you think you aren't going to make a good teacher, maybe you should look ahead in your career and think about if it’s for you. If you look at the responses in this thread, with rare exception those that have been there and done that and are at places where new pilots want to be, all have said go out be a CFI it will make you a better and more capable pilot. When I had 175 hours I thought I knew it all and being a CFI was the last thing I wanted to do. But it took some people to steer me in the right direction and I found CFIing to be a rewarding and great learning experience.
So if responding to a post makes you "not know about me" anymore, I'm sorry. I'm not going to sit here and blow sunshine up someone’s ass and tell them lies. Maybe the OP should look at what he is asking and see how realistic it is. He basically wants a job handed to him when he has basically no experience. When others make suggestions he frets and yells "but mommy I don't want to be a teacher". Well grasshopper go out and don't teach, let me know how that works out for you. I'll tell you right now you'll be missing out and your skills as a captain will be significantly limited.
