Sheble Aviation

[Freight Dawg]

I am pretty sure I know the answer to this but will ask anyways. Is Sheble aviation one of those places that you pay for ratings?

 

[ExecJetCA]

Thats a fairly accurate assessment, you pay you get your rating.

 

[Flyer1015]

I am pretty sure I know the answer to this but will ask anyways. Is Sheble aviation one of those places that you pay for ratings?

Private, Instrument, Comm, Multi, CFIs. What you think they will just give you free flight training? You have to pay to learn, like every other place. It's a "flight school", not "the socialist flight school of spreading the wealth".

 

[AgreenFO]

Best no non sense flight school there is. Awesome people and good training. I'd reccomend this place over any other place who just tries to steal as much money from you during your training.

 

[jrbevis]

Either you're an moron or you've found a flight school that offers free flight time. Ill bet you're just a moron.

I am pretty sure I know the answer to this but will ask anyways. Is Sheble aviation one of those places that you pay for ratings?

 

[acpilot]

You'll be buying a rating. Some pilots are ok with that, others aren't.

A very good friend did their multi-comm add on and it involved scant flight training and a rushed check ride. He got his add on...and then I flew with him to teach him how to fly a twin.

 

[cldsfr79]

I am pretty sure I know the answer to this but will ask anyways. Is Sheble aviation one of those places that you pay for ratings?

What he probably ment was "you hand them money and no matter what the out come they hand you a certificate." "Pay for ratings".

They have been investigated in the past for pumping guys through, but this was 10-15 years ago; don't know the skinny on them now. Maybe they turned a new leaf....or not.

I would be ashamed if I said I got my CFI there. I already had most my prep work done, I just needed to get it done fast. I loved being told to not use my flaps because they wanted to save the use of the electric component of the flaps. Or just coast to a stop to save the brakes.

I would never recommend getting all your ratings there. I'm sorry but spending 10 days on an instrument ticket or 2 days on a commercial just isn't conducive to learning. They just push you through like a farm and then their own DE test you.

Maybe a quick ad-on would be ok, if you are preped already; so again you are really just paying for someone to hand you your ticket in a quick manner.

 

[Freight Dawg]

I had heard that there were a bunch of UAV Predator pilots that were going to Sheble to get their CFI's to appease the FAA. I had also heard that when they got back they still had no clue about instructing or the learning process.

 

[JimNtexas]

I had heard that there were a bunch of UAV Predator pilots that were going to Sheble to get their CFI's to appease the FAA. I had also heard that when they got back they still had no clue about instructing or the learning process.

I don't know about today, but back in dinosaur times I got weeks of excellent training to qualify as instructor Navigator. The Air Force had a terrific course in platform instruction taught at Nellis.

In general the quality of instruction in the Air Force during my time (1974-1994) was incredibly high.

Nothing against Sheble, but I can't imagine why they'd send anyone to a civilian flight school that is there to teach to a test.

 

[Freight Dawg]

It was Civilian Pred guys not Mil guys, mostly 500 hour wonders. My buddy said its funny when he worked there, when everyone talked of flight time especially the 500 hour wonders, it was "I have 3000 hours, only 500 manned". Real flight wasn't important because nobody had any....so it could be interesting when we all share airspace together.