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qzy123@reddit (OP)

Thanks, Person-man-guy-dude! CFI, then CFII. Gotta sell my body and soul for those 1500 hours.

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JewishJah69@reddit

just outta curiosity, what made ya go CMEL before CFI? i’ve had folks tell me to wait a while after CFI or even CFII before going for multi

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MadeForThisOnePostt@reddit

Interesting , I was always told the chain is to get multi then cfi 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

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JewishJah69@reddit

I guess either way works technically. But the reason i’ve heard for the inverse is so you can get to getting paid faster (that’s assuming you can get a CFI job in this market 😬)

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I think another good reason is so you have multi proficiency when you head to an airline job. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to get some multi time between now and then, but the bulk of my multi hours will be way in the past by the time I hit 1500.

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DimiGod217@reddit

As someone who did CMEL then my CFI/II/MEI.

Honestly it was just to shake things up for me personally. I already worked enough and saved enough to garuntee reasonable funding (thrkugh savings) for all the following ratings, so long as i didnt go crazy over budget on any.

The ending of COM got really mentally tiring on me and I was losing the love, so I went CMEL to bring some spice back into it all. It definitely helped re-invigourate me too, so I was successful in that venture. Which I definitely needed going into CFI

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JewishJah69@reddit

Sounds awesome honestly. I’d probably do the same in your spot honestly, and yeah i feel you. CPL felt like climbing everest, first time i’d driven myself mad over flying instead of loving every second.

$55k deep through CPL though, funds don’t last forever and I have to make the choice to go CFI which i’m fine with. Learning to teach has actually been a blast, jumping into grounds with the CFIs at my school and whatnot

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qzy123@reddit (OP)

That’s such a bummer. Commercial was my favorite, really learning to fly the plane, not just drive the plane. However, I wasn’t paying by the hour like you were (like I was during PPL). Just plunged into a huge private loan for future me to deal with.

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Timely_Entrance_7931@reddit

I did a loan as well. It hurt a little after the fact, but getting a rating without large breaks is so important in my opinion. You can soak it all in without having to review after a month off.

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