Of these schools which would you choose?

[Kobe_238]

1.) Delta Connection Academy
2.) Air Safety Academy
3.) National Pilot Academy
4.) Flight Safety Academy
5.) Airline Transport Pilot Academy
6.) Phoenix East Aviation Academy

Thanks.

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[Lazy8]

1.) Delta Connection Academy
2.) Air Safety Academy
3.) National Pilot Academy
4.) Flight Safety Academy
5.) Airline Transport Pilot Academy
6.) Phoenix East Aviation Academy

Thanks.

Wow, talk about picking your poison... Beware of any flight school with the word "Academy" tagged onto the end of the name.

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[LewisU_Pilot]

1.) Delta Connection Academy
2.) Air Safety Academy
3.) National Pilot Academy
4.) Flight Safety Academy
5.) Airline Transport Pilot Academy
6.) Phoenix East Aviation Academy

Thanks.

7.) None of the above! Don't waste your time and money man.

 

[Sawmill]

Here's a thought:
1. Find a good flight instructor, not a kid building time.
2. Buy a cheap Piper Cherokee or Cessna 150 (IFR certified)
3. Earn all your ratings
4. Bore holes in the sky (Do a little instruction...you will be amazed at what you will learn)
5. Find a partner to share expenses and both build time (One a safety pilot, the other PF under the hood)
6. Rent a cheap multi airplane for 100 hours
7. After all the above expenses, invest the other $40,000. (approximately) you would have given to the flight academy.
8. At 1000/100 hours, apply to the regionals.
9. Revel in the fact you were not stupid and wasted your money on a flight school, that you followed your dream, you reached the hiring minimums in a respectable manner (and probably more quickly), and have some money to spare to offset the low wages you will recieve the first few years.

This is a tried and true method that I used and I am a better pilot for it (so I am told).
Just my 2% of a dollar.

 

[Metro752]

7.) None of the above! Don't waste your time and money man.

Lewis' flying program is horrible.

 

[Tonala2k]

Listen to Sawmill, because now that means you're listening to me too But just make sure that if you buy a plane, make it a nice one. Lease back is an option to allow you to afford a better plane. At least out here I know the owners don't pay a dime for it. That does however tie-up a bunch of money. But if you're looking into those other flight schools, you've got money to tie-up. You can also do fractional ownership.

Personally I loved ATP and the fit was just right for me. Learning was all up to me and the instructors never have more than two students. My instructor busted my chops day in and day out in the sim, in the plane and mostly in the class room. That's what I needed and the price was right. But I would still avoid large campuses.

 

[Tonala2k]

I'm I a kid building time?

Here's a thought:
1. Find a good flight instructor, not a kid building time.

We're going to fight! Just kidding. I bring this up because I agree with you. My question is this. Is that kid me?

I'm 24. 850TT, 150 ME, over 400 CFI. I hope to move on to flying Turbines before my wife realizes what percent of the household income is hers . I feel I do a darn good job at instructing. And as my wife will agree, I do a darn good job at putting my students first.

Out here we have retired gents teaching as well as us younger folks. Some people just want those 1k's of hours of experience.

My ultimate question is, are low hour CFI's do a disservice to pilots in training?

 

[Flying Ninja]

I'm with Sawmill's advice. At least the guy's smart enough not to list anything Embry-Riddle or that frackin' CAPT program.

 

[flyingnome]

that can sometimes be true but not always. I have flown with several "older" CFI's and felt that their "wisdom" was ill placed, had bad habbits and thought that they knew everything about airplanes. Theres good and bad on both ends...

 

[timeoff]

I agree. I have flown with an older instructor (late 60's) who discounted checklists, taught 0/0 takeoffs on lesson one and would miss radio calls every flight. He was my first instrument instructor and I know right away that he hadn't taught instrument students in a looooooonng time. He thought I needed 140 hours for the checkride.

He also taught that you should keep the engine up above 2000 rpm after the runup so your gyros wouldn't slow down. So there I am at the hold short line, standing on the brakes with the engine firewalled to keep this guy happy....into position and hold....still firewalled....he's like "this is how I want you to do every takeoff from here on out".

That was our last flight together.