College Flying

[TO024]

In a college flight school do you get your PPL one semester, your intsrument the next semester, and so on? Thanks

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

It depends on the school. The college I go to has your pvt the first year (2 semesters), instrument next semester, commercial the semester after that, then CFI for your Jr. year (2 semesters again) and multi/MEI/CFII for your Sr. year if you want them.

 

[vetteracer]

As mentioned, that is a basic layout, although weather, AC availability, maintenance etc can all play factors.

If you don’t finish you usually get an "In Progress" or "Continuing" or you transcript.

If they will let you, do as much flying as you can, as you can get it in. And take the classes as they are prescribed. You can by a private, instrument etc ground book, take the written etc. Then sit in the courses in class as they are offered.

I have seen and found that if you wait to do it as all laid out, it can get dragged out longer then need be due to the above. Get the written knocked out so that you are johnny on the spot when checkride time comes.

I graduated from an avaiton program and they accepted many of my ratings, although I had to "challenge by exam" for the credit and take many of the classes.

Mark

 

[flyer172r]

At the school I go to, you do the private the first semester, then two time-building classes, and then in the fourth semester you do both the instrument and commercial checkrides. Written tests are included as part of your grade in ground school classes.

In all the flight classes, you pay up front for a certain amount of flight time, and then you must fly that amount of time or you either don't leave campus after classes end, or you get an incomplete. Almost nobody has a problem getting in all the time.

PM me if you want any details about my school, I'm assuming you're looking at different colleges

 

[Jmmccutc]

my school is a semester for each rating more time if needed...me it took 5 months for PVT, 3 for INST, and Commercial is taking me a bit longer up to 8 months and still no rating, but i haven't flow for the last two months due to moving home for the summer to save cash, nad crappy weather this past spring in the wonderful (sarcasm) state of OH...

 

[Super80]

Yeah, most schools you will have to work to get the Private done in the alotted time. My school was no exception. But it's not impossible, it will just take some effort.

 

[U-I pilot]

At the school I go to, you do the private the first semester, then two time-building classes, and then in the fourth semester you do both the instrument and commercial checkrides. Written tests are included as part of your grade in ground school classes.

Smells like PU

 

[flyer172r]

Smells like PU

Yeah, no mistaking that Indiana smell. ewwwww......

 

[bobbysamd]

College flying ratings acquisition

In a college flight school do you get your PPL one semester, your intsrument the next semester, and so on? Thanks

It does depend on the school.

When I instructed at ERAU in the late '80s-early '90s, private students soloed during their first semester of flight and earned their Privates the second semester. Ordinarily, Riddlers took one flight course per term.

At MAPD, students earned their full Private during a term. I think the difference between ERAU and MAPD was that Riddle never had enough airplanes to accomodate the student load, which caused flight courses to become drawn-out affairs. For that reason, and weather, etc., notwithstanding, finishing the second part of your Private would span two semesters. But, if you went to Riddle in the summer, there were fewer students and sufficient aircraft to accomodate them. So, you could finish your flight course faster.

Hope that answers your question.

 

[TO024]

Thanks everyone!

 

[TO024]

Summer

Do most colleges offer summer flight training also?

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

Do most colleges offer summer flight training also?

Yes. If you have any questions, call up the school in question and ask. It's your money, you should know what is going on.

 

[flyflorida2001]

I am a senior and an instructor at FIT (Florida Tech). We have private your first semster, 2nd semster is time buliding, 3rd is instrument, 4th commercial, 5th CFI, 6th Multi, 7th on CFII, MEI, Aerobatics, Air Taxi, Executive Transport, etc...

 

[Dominicinco]

Boy, you dont want to be going to my school. The reason being they make you take 2 semesters to get your PPL and charge you $6,000 per semester.. now thats wack, when you could go 5 minutes across town to the local FBO and do it for 7g's.

GO Farmingdale!

 

[TO024]

What? Please explain...

 

[Dominicinco]

a ziggity zakzak

What? Please explain...

what im trying to say is my school, Farmingdale SUNY charges you double of what local FBO's were to charge you if you were to get your PPL w/them. nam sayin?

I find it kind of weird because they run there own FBO on the airfield and are a public state-run school and therefore should charge you less or try and be more competitive than the other flight schools. JMHO
State-Schmate

 

[I.P. Freley]

Man, if it takes you even FIVE minutes to get to one of those FBO's, you don't know how to handle yourself on Rte. 110.

 

[Dominicinco]

Man, if it takes you even FIVE minutes to get to one of those FBO's, you don't know how to handle yourself on Rte. 110.

True, it actually takes about 30 minutes walking, or 15 with the bus. Hey, you dont go to Farmingdale do ya?

Im getting my degree in airport management, and going to start flying at either CTL, or Nassau Flyers. What about you?

 

[unreal]

In a college flight school do you get your PPL one semester, your intsrument the next semester, and so on? Thanks

I'm pretty late to this thread, but I thought I'd give some perspective as a senior at one of the aviation universities out there.

The flight courses aren't necessarily arranged on a semester-to-semester basis. For example, you may start your private certificate in the Fall semester, only to finish sometime in the Spring semester due to your own personal pace. As long as you complete the required flight courses before graduation, you can go as slow or fast as you'd like.