Tab Express is BACK to rob your money!

[MEXICANFLYBOY]

yessss they are back! they are ready to take your money! so I just want to let you guys know!

http://www.simplextraining.com/index.htm
don't go there! they will take your money, and close the school.. take your money the perfect crime! they just wait another 3 years and open another school!

if you guys don't remember this.. here is a video Clip and some pictures

http://www.wesh.com/video/4618772/index.html

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=TAB Express Airlines&distinct_entry=true

http://myfloridalegal.com/lit_ec.nsf/investigations/3EB8C42F1261120585257021004B76B1

 

[dogismycopilot]

Is Mitch Mitchelson the only common player in management? I would be interested to know if any of the local news media is aware that this scumbag is trying to get back into the flight training business at the same airport.

ATA/Discover Air
Tab Express
SimPlex

This guy has quite a track record.

 

[Way2Broke]

Stickied!

 

[landlover]

i knew a guy that was an ATA victim, pretty raw deal.

 

[JD2003]

call the number. Mitch Mitchelson answers.

 

[kingaira90]

Glad someone had it posted, I was just coming on here to do the same. Mitch goes back to pre ATA/Discover, ATA 1 was what is now Comair academy (they were on the verge of or in bankruptcy and sold out to Comair) . The williams family was the main force in that and another incarnation in south florida I think, then the ATA/Discover Air deal. Mitch was involved from the begining.

This place has stolen mucho money and ruined many just starting careers. STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!! Spend 1/3 the money and go to ATP or your loacal FBO and get the same ratings and the same regional job. The regionals are hurting for people you don't need to spend mucho money at all. -kingaira90

 

[kingaira90]

Stickied!

Thanks for putting this at the top. Everyone needs to know!!!!!-kingaira90

 

[MEXICANFLYBOY]

Just

Just STAY AWAY!!!!

 

[The_Russian]

From the FAQ on their website

Q. Why 61 training as opposed to 141 training?
A. SIMplex operates under the FAA's part 61 training program. Here is a comparison. The 141 curriculum was designed years ago for the VA so veterans of the military would have a government-approved program and the government could fund the training. Most schools still operate under 141 so they can offer funding for student training. Lending institutions that issue government-backed loans are required to have government-approved curriculum; hence 141. The 141 curriculum is a good curriculum; it's just not tailored towards the airlines or the professional corporate world. It is a recreational-based training program built around 172 and Seneca-like aircraft. The 141 curriculum is 190 hrs and there are no job opportunities for pilots with 190 hours. SIMplex curriculum is airline and corporate based and we use King Air turbine aircraft for training. SIMplex 61 training is 250 hrs and employers will accept those hours as training for multi-commercial instrument ratings.

You have got to be kidding me! Recreational pilots?? This is completely untrue!

Q. Do I need flight instructor ratings to be hired by an airline?A. The answer is no -- most regional airlines don't require flight instructor ratings. 1200 hours teaching in a 172 and Seneca doesn't develop multi-crew Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) skills. Flying 1.3 miles a minute for 1200 hours and then transitioning to a regional jet flying at 7 miles a minute is a big transition.

HAHAHAHA!

 

[jaxpilot]

Whoever wrote the FAQ section must have about a 5th grade education and has no idea of how the aviation industry works. LOL

 

[ackattacker]

Unbelievable... $75k for 85 hours shared "safety pilot" flight time in an A model King Air and buckets of useless FTD time. That's assuming they don't just take your money and run. Any airline interviewer would probably just laugh at you for being so dumb.

 

[AC560]

has no idea of how the aviation industry works. LOL

Pretty sure they know how it works and they will be laughing all the way to the bank. Unfortunate but true.

 

[pudnocker]

I wonder if Top Gun-Mav is still on this board to straighten this out!

 

[Amish RakeFight]

You have got to be kidding me! Recreational pilots?? This is completely untrue!
HAHAHAHA!

Russian, you need some reading comprehension skill-building exercises.

The word "recreation" is not being used in the sense of a recreational pilot certificate or what is required of it.

The 141 curriculum is a good curriculum; it's just not tailored towards the airlines or the professional corporate world. It is a recreational-based training program built around 172 and Seneca-like aircraft. The 141 curriculum is 190 hrs and there are no job opportunities for pilots with 190 hours.

 

[skygod75]

All this grief for a job that pays about what a mcdonald's fry bin manager makes. Sad.

 

[The_Russian]

Russian, you need some reading comprehension skill-building exercises.

The word "recreation" is not being used in the sense of a recreational pilot certificate or what is required of it.

Word police! Amish, give me a break.

I meant exactly that. They are insisting that a 141 flight training program is designed for recreational style training. Never once did I say anything about a certificate that wouldn't even be offered in a professional pilot 141 program.

 

[Diesel]

Hey are the odamo's still involved?

 

[414Flyer]

Whoever wrote the FAQ section must have about a 5th grade education and has no idea of how the aviation industry works. LOL

Oh I am sure they do. But they arent trying to explain how it works, they are trying to sell their school, even if it means complete BS.

 

[aviator4life]

UNBELIEVABLE.......Somebody needs to make this guy forever retire from ripping other pilots off. It just makes me sick that this stuff still goes on.

 

[G-force]

Re:crime un-punished!!!!

UNBELIEVABLE.......Somebody needs to make this guy forever retire from ripping other pilots off. It just makes me sick that this stuff still goes on.

What are these people doing setting up other companies to STEAL training dollars from prospective pilots???These CROOKS belong in JAIL!!!
What is wrong with the State of Florida attorney generals office????
It seems like crime is going to go UN-PUNISHED in Florida!!!