47 The CFI Shortage – How it Happened and What You Can Do About It - Interview with Jason Blair

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Jason talks about the shortage of the CFIs in the flight training industry, how that happened, what some companies are doing about it, and what you as a pilot can do about it. Here's a link to his 25-page white paper on the subject.

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