"C J Campbell" wrote
To expand a little further on my earlier post, I simply note that nobody is
beating down your door asking your opinion of what the certification
requirements for a CFI should be. The supply of 10,000 hour ex-fighter jocks
willing to take CFI jobs at less than minimum wage appears to be somewhat
limited, to say the least.

Actually, there are more than a few out there. Quite a few of the
people who taught me fit into that category, if only loosely. There
are plenty of them who are interested in instructing - but few care to
work for some guy who treats them like burger flippers and thinks he
knows it all because he wrote the big check. You have to find them -
they're not looking for you. It's well worth it, though. You learn a
lot of things the average instructor won't teach you.

Although I have done loops, spins, rolls, etc., perhaps I am not as
impressed with myself for having done them as you are. They are undeniably a
lot of fun. But do they really help you to learn to teach? I think not.

Wait until the first time a student inadvertently puts you into a
spin, then come back and tell me about it.

Frankly, your incessant criticism of flight instructors, airline pilots,
pilots in general, mechanics, the FAA, and virtually everybody else involved
with aviation puts you at odds with a whole lot of people that I suspect
might know a little bit more than you do.

Any criticism of an entrenched system ALWAYS puts the critic at odds
with the people who benefit from that system. So what else is new?

Your generalizations have gone
beyond mere ignorance and have entered the realm of being dangerous.

Dangerous to your business, perhaps, but not otherwise.

Your demands for extreme qualifications place you on the lunatic fringe.

Do you truly think a solo loop, spin, and roll are extreme
qualifications? To me it's just a demonstration to an insurance
company and/or FBO (hence solo) that you have developed a minimal
level of proficiency in flying a minimally aerobatic airplane in
something other than level flight. The fact that you suggest this is
an extreme qualification speaks volumes.

I can't think of a single experienced pilot (never mind instructor)
who does not recognize the intrinsic value of aerobatic and tailwheel
training. And yet you come out and claim that they're a waste of time
because you can't see the difference in the pilots. Then you call me
a lunatic. I think you should have stuck with arrogant - at least
that's honest, even if there is more than a bit of the pot calling the
kettle black there.

Michael