Anyone working on their instrument rating in the Pittsburgh area?

[pilotman2105]

Butler has a pretty nice facility and some quality instructors from what I can tell. The only real option at Beaver is Pan Am, which is 141. I don't know anything about points north.

 

[SmellsLikeAvGas]

There are a couple of schools at AGC. Where are you looking?

I saw Pittsburgh Flight Training Center.. and they also have a flying club..

 

[PGH STEEL]

PFTC { Pittsburgh Flight Training Center} @ AGC is a good school thats where I did all of my training. They also have a lot of new aircraft.

 

[dondk]

As a former instructor at AGC...

PFTC is not too bad, a bit on the expensive side though. "Some" of thier fleet is new, the others have been around for a few years too many. I think the Katana's are the newest editions as well as some RG's. The core aircraft though are in good condition, albeit older than you. They have a corporate side of the house you can venture into if you stick around long enough, similar to Haski's operation although better equiped.

Alleghney flying club is the other operator on the field.. A bunch of free lance instructors and a handful of aircraft. The aircraft are not too bad, the prices are better.. but securing an instructor is the challenge.

If you hang out at the terminal on the weekend you may even be able to nail a few of the free lance guys who have access to decent equipment.

From experience though.. if your going to do your instrument at AGC, this is the best time of the year.. all the fair weather flyers are hangered for the season. ATC is light and as long as the cloud deck keeps you out of the ice you can do quite well in 2-3 months. As long as a little frost bite hear and there doesn't worry you