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Roy Smith wrote:

> How many hours do you have?
> How many hours instructing?
> How many students have you had?
> How many completed their training?

> The problem is, I'm not sure that any of those (and certainly no 
> single one in isolation) are really going to be a good indicator of 
> which is the right instructor for you. 

Agreed.  The thing here is, I've had young time-builder CFIs who were,
IMO, just superb teachers.  I've encountered older, teaching-for-love
CFIs who, IMO, were not nearly as good at teaching.  And vice-versa:
Older CFIs who it's a privledge to meet and fly with, young time-builder
CFIs who really seemed to be just going through the motions.  Hour looks
the same in his logbook, and *you paid for it*.

Snowbird


