Heritage Flight Academy CFII rating

[Ridgewoodpilot]

Done deal fellow pilots. It looks as though I'm in at AOA AKA Pilots Haven. I was offered an instructors position right after the completion of training and cert.. As well as back seat ops. in the process. Which I may add at HFA Neil was a little thrown back by it and said " Oh, thats only offered to people we hire". Thats fine but not for me.

 

[moso23]

okay, now i know where aoa is. it's in between lf academy and talon air.

i hear that the owner there at aoa is in a bit of a financial pickle as far as the flight school goes. are you going to freelance there at aoa? i hear lf academy has very well maintained a/c.

by the way, what do you mean by back set ops?

 

[Ridgewoodpilot]

LOL Financial Pickle. To tell you the truth your probably not that far off. As for the fleet, it probably is one of the best on the field. 80% glass and all in sweet condition. Back seat ops? Just observing a full lesson in progress, to get the hang of things.

 

[Ridgewoodpilot]

Hey Moso, You got me thinking, where did you here about AOA being in a financial pickle? As for LF I used to rent there but availability became an issue. Jose is good people and does keep his fleet ship shape but unfortunately when I asked for my refund due to availability it seemed Jose may have gotten a sour taste in his mouth for me.

 

[moso23]

Hey Moso, You got me thinking, where did you here about AOA being in a financial pickle? As for LF I used to rent there but availability became an issue. Jose is good people and does keep his fleet ship shape but unfortunately when I asked for my refund due to availability it seemed Jose may have gotten a sour taste in his mouth for me.

just a rumor i heard from a reliable source about aoa.. it has something to do with the leased a/c and their owners

i've rented from lf in the past. very well equipped and maintained a/c. jose may be getting another archer. he may be also lloking into getting some type of glas cockpit equipped single as many customers have been asking about it.

 

[Ridgewoodpilot]

Just thought I'd let all of you fine people know that my final decision had come down to Heritage flight Academy, and boy oh boy am I ever happy I had gone this route instead of Academy of Aviation. The difference in the knowledge of the instructors, the quality of training as well as the quality of pilots that attend is night and day. I recently ran into a buddy that decided to go with AOA, so we started exchanging experiences so far. AOA didn't even have an outline in the course. Apparently he was just told to go home and study his ass off, go out to the local pilot shop and buy a pre-layed out lesson plan and study it. Oh I forgot he was also forced to purchase the King CFI DVD box set at a cost of 280 bucks even though he's taking the CFI-I for his initial. I hate to put down anyone really I do, but I guess when I was so close to making the same mistake I tend to take it personal. In any case if anyone ever decides to take a course in aviation let me just mention, brightly lit classrooms, the best instructors I've run into (half of them fly for the airlines), Full 3-screen Sim, Lounge, cafeteria, in-house pilot shop, My god I can go on and on. Anyway not to sound like a spokesman I'm really happy with my decision and just wanted to thank you guys for time and input.

 

[moso23]

sounds like you made the right decision

good luck!!

 

[moso23]

by the way, are you going for the CFII or CFI as your initial?

 

[Ridgewoodpilot]

Sorry for the delay, I decided to go for CFII first. Just to take the edge off.

 

[moso23]

i wish i had taken the route you're taking now. getting the CFII as my intial would have taken a lot of pressure off during the checkride with the FSDO.

since the FRG FSDO is so backed up, they'll probably assign you to a DPE, bob oszinsky. i believe he is either a CP or part owner of midisland air located on the other side of ISP.

how many instructors does HFA have right now?
have they gotten the dutchess yet?
what stage/phase of training are you at with your CFII?
also, do you plan on instructing there at HFA once you're done?