jrh
Well-Known Member
In my experience, the best civilian trained pilots were flight instructors at one point.
This. I'm not sure of all the reasons why, but it's true.
When I run through the list in my head of pilots at my airline who I really dislike, most of them came from backgrounds other than instructing. There are a few former instructors on the list, but I'd be willing to bet money that they sucked at instructing, too.
When I run through the list of pilots I think highly of, almost every one of them is a former CFI.