Depends. If you’re planning a few trips with your instrument rating in the near future, I’d hold off on flight training for the commercial. Obviously the book work, etc, can be started, but you’re going to be at cross purposes with instrument practice and commercial training at the same time.
Sorry for hijacking the thread, but these are the very reasons that make me think of becoming a CFI in future. Anybody with experience of instructing as a part-time activity after retirement? I see a great majority of very young instructors on their way to the airlines, and I wonder how an older retired instructor would fit in the mix. Also, I assume that the money would not be fantastic, but hopefully somebody can tell me that it would still be better than being a diving instructor (A qualification that I already have, and that is practically worthless in monetary terms...).
Depending upon where you are and how hard you’re willing to work at being a quality instructor, you could probably build a decent clientele.
Sounds very similar to me, except someone convinced me that insurance will be lower with commercial. I’d say don’t do it right away. Do it next year. Or whenever. I’m doing mine now because 1) I’m actually about to purchase a plane, 2) my BFR is due in June, and 3) I literally have nothing to do before 15 February / 1 March.
