Delta Connection Academy...THOUGHTS????

[mnixon]

i dont have anything to compare it to except a few fbo's that ive rented aircraft from where the instructors were subpar. like i said before i think a different mix of educations is good....DCA just worked for me!

 

[The_Russian]

Was just interested and looking for a basis of your statement. Not trying to put you down or anything. Good Luck!

 

[mnixon]

its cool brutta...it just irritates me when people, by no means im pointing at you ruskie!, all of a sudden jump on academies for no reason...i dont jump on all fbos because i had one bad experience! your training is what you make of it no matter which route you go!

 

[The_Russian]

YEAH!

Thats a good attitude and you are absolutely right!

Ruskie! I love it. One day I will own a Mig I swear it. Ebay anyone?

 

[bobbysamd]

What?? They let commies in FSI?

Just kidding. I hope you accept it as such. And, I will interrupt some of your comments, but I don't think you'll mind.

Originally posted by The_Russian
What do you have to compare DCA to? Have you been to FSI or Pan Am, etc? Two out of few of the schools that I went to was DCA and FSI. FSI was a college of aviation. DCA (then Comair actually) was a joke.

Having instructed at FSI in 1991-'92, I second Russian 100%. While I thought the place could have provided more in-depth ground school, the ground school was adequate and the flight training was second to none. FSI has been doing it for years. The place is organized, the equipment is first-rate, and the facilities are excellent. It really is organized something like a college campus, with the flight line at one end and the dorms and school buildings a walk across a field.

On the other hand, having interviewed at Comair three months before I was hired at FlightSafety, the difference is like night and day. I traveled two-thousand miles two separate times for my FSI interview and Comair interview. Comair gave me about fifteen minutes with the Chief Instructor, a 1.5 flight, if that, in a 152, and no rejection letter. Compare that with FSI, which rolled out the red carpet for me, put me up in one of the bungalows on campus for four days, and which interviewed me over three days. There was no comparison whatsoever.

The aircraft at FSI were maintained properly with a progressive mx program. DCA leases a bunch of planes with horrible equipment and does the minimum FAA mx required. DCA's proceedures are "kick the tires, light the fires" compared to FSI's flight ops. Just read the briefing page on FSI's checklist.

Russian is absolutely correct. FSI's checklists were very much airline-oriented. So were its flight profiles. I instructed in the Alitalia program, and the Chief Instructor was so impressed with how Alitalia taught precision even in non-precision approach procedures that he adopted them school-wide.

FlightSafety is expensive, but I feel you really do get what you pay for in terms of quality training.

I don't recall "St. George" when I was there; he must have come later.

 

[Joe 4836]

Want to be a pilot

Maybe you should find a rich girl and marry her. Then you can do whatever you want and let her pay for it. No matter what you're going to have to work your $#@ off.

 

[aeronautic1]

BFD

Will someone please tell me where on my ATP license it says where I got my training at or whether it's Part 61 or 141? Geez!!!

 

[netlord]

HI, I'm posting from Spain, I had in mind coming to Delta Connection academy to do the JAA course, the main reason is because here in Spain, JAA course is 70000 $ minimum.
Do you think its a good choice or not?

 

[netlord]

No one knows nothing?...

 

[SMOE]

Actually, the JAA side of the house is quite good. Mr. Smerdon runs an outstanding program. They are separate but work within DCAs framework. Other than the JAA side, I wouldn't piss on DCA if their pants were on fire...

Just two cents from a former grad...

 

[netlord]

Ok, so if I want a FAA license, I better look for another school...
But if I want JAA its fine,ok thx
If anybody else has something else to say...

 

[flyallday]

Why not go to MAPD?

 

[bobbysamd]

MAPD

Why not go to MAPD?

Not a bad suggestion but for the fact that MAPD doesn't have a JAA program.

 

[Xak]

BUMP!

Does anyone else have anything to say regaurding the specific topic???

I'd like to hear peoples opinions who've actually attended DCA; not people who know people who've attended, or people who've heard things about it, or people who want to compare academies to FBO's or whatever, but from students who've graduated or are currently enrolled in the prgm...

Thanks.

-Xak

 

[SMOE]

BUMP!

Does anyone else have anything to say regaurding the specific topic???

I'd like to hear peoples opinions who've actually attended DCA; not people who know people who've attended, or people who've heard things about it, or people who want to compare academies to FBO's or whatever, but from students who've graduated or are currently enrolled in the prgm...

Thanks.

-Xak

Appaerently no one has given you the answers your looking for. If three pages of mostly negative comments aren't sufficient, check out the thread: "Getting the axe at DCA".

And if you read my previous posts, you would know I was a grad...