Looking for a good school!

[Sierra-Hotel]

Okay pilots of FI, here's your mission if you so choose to accept it:

I need help finding a good flight school that will fit my partiuclar needs.

I am a 27 yr old career changer w/no flight time and no college degree

So I need a school/program that will take me from zero to hero in a reasonable amount of time. I've already looked at ATP and quite frankly it a bit pricey and it seems very rushed. DCA was nice but I felt during the tour that everything was kinda a "put on" for our benifit...and the price was outragous. I am kinda wavering on MAPD but with Mesa's problems I don't know if that would be a wise choice at this point.

So I am open to all ideas....anywhere in the country...perferably not in the Northeast but will look at those too


Thanks in Advance
Jason

 

[Andy Neill]

Jason,

You've also looked at Sierra and found them pricey. In 2003 you were ramp/agent for LUV. In 2006 you were a disgruntled harsh school bus driver instructor. On the 2006 post, you got some great advice as to how to do your college/flight training. It would be hard to improve on that.

 

[ALIMBO]

Go to a local FBO an be done with it!

 

[Amish RakeFight]

My opinion is the 61 route where you obtain your ratings in different aircraft and with different instructors. Perhaps even in different geographic areas as well. You'll learn to fly different models while interacting with a variety of instructors. This is key. You get to expose yourself to the various aircraft and systems while picking up something new from each unique instructor. More diverse experience than going from 0 - CFI in an ATP seminole.

 

[ALIMBO]

I made the switch from 141 to 61 I love it

 

[Superpilot92]

Okay pilots of FI, here's your mission if you so choose to accept it:

I need help finding a good flight school that will fit my partiuclar needs.

I am a 27 yr old career changer w/no flight time and no college degree

So I need a school/program that will take me from zero to hero in a reasonable amount of time. I've already looked at ATP and quite frankly it a bit pricey and it seems very rushed. DCA was nice but I felt during the tour that everything was kinda a "put on" for our benifit...and the price was outragous. I am kinda wavering on MAPD but with Mesa's problems I don't know if that would be a wise choice at this point.

So I am open to all ideas....anywhere in the country...perferably not in the Northeast but will look at those too


Thanks in Advance
Jason

DO NOT go to MAPD!! If you want something quick go to ALLATP. I didnt go there but I know ALOT of people who have done that route and were very pleased and accelerated up the career ladder quickly with it. Good luck. STAY AWAY FROM MESA

 

[Amish RakeFight]

One good thing about ALLATPS is that you'll build multi time quicker and sooner.

 

[sqwkvfr]

I changed careers when I was 28. If I had to go back and do it again, the one thing that I would have changed was that I would have taken less time than I did getting the ratings WHILE working full-time jobs.

No joke, stop working, immerse yourself, and knock it out as quickly as possible.

Get your PPL and take your writtens before you turn in your notice, and once you pass your PPL checkride, head off to ATP.

By the time you're ready to enter the regional market, this hiring slowdown just might have gone away....if not, you're gonna be poor for a while, unless you pick up a good instructing job....and those are slowly becoming increasingly harder to get.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Get your PPL and take your writtens before you turn in your notice, and once you pass your PPL checkride, head off to ATP.

I recommend the Gleim series (books/CD's) when studying for the written exams.

Also, when you take the instrument exam, take the CFII test too. Same question bank. No endorsement needed for the CFII.

 

[sqwkvfr]

I recommend the Gleim series (books/CD's) when studying for the written exams.

Also, when you take the instrument exam, take the CFII test too. Same question bank. No endorsement needed for the CFII.

Ditto on the Gleim....cheapest and most effective way to pass the writtens.....no question about it.