started my own flight school

[fulcrum]

Hi everybody just wanted to let everyone on the board that i started my own Flight school here in New orleans
So If anybody here has any advice or pointers for me please throw them my way
---------- i am all ears
thanks
fulcrum
www.flightacademy.us

 

[fLYbUDDY]

Congratulations fulcrum!

I hope you are very successful and that God will bless your business!

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

can you elaborate a little bit on the mechanics and the specifics of the "Mile High Club" flights advertised on this PAGE of your website

what equipment and such...is there a designated "mopper" or does the PIC do that?

 

[fulcrum]

thanks guys the mile high club flights are done by my friends company in a Navajo
and i will change the vetrans information ASAP thanks guys

 

[na265]

I had a 141 ground school cert. through the Division of Cont. Ed at Texas Tech and brought in a bunch of students in that program. I would also offer a "free" weekend warrior ground school at the FBO. It was free for my time, the students had to buy the ground school materials and pay for the written test. This also gave me many students. It can be a very tough row to hoe. Keep at it and be creative. Good luck!

 

[UM#1]

not knowing anything about running a flight school, im curious how do you get financing to get it up an running?

 

[Pilotadjuster]

152

$75/hr for a 152 rental - OUCH! Is that kind of the "going rate" in that area? Thought we were on the high side at $55/hr wet. On the other hand, that looks like a pretty recent 172 with a good ifr panel, so $90 probably isn't bad at all.

Feel like some kinda old timer wishing for the "good old days" when I did my private 4 years ago and an Archer rented for $58/hr wet...

Very nicely done website! Good luck - looks from your site you have what I would consider the "right" idea, though I have never run a flight school. What you have presented would attract me as a student. Now about those mile high flights...

 

[logolight]

Your site is very informational. Although I couldn't tell if the student had to pay up front or pay at the completion of thier training. The reason I'm asking is beacause I'm sure you know that the flight training world is in the middle of a shake up regarding "pay-up-front" contracts. The biggest example being Airline Training Academy which closed thier doors leaving students with thousands of dollars of unused funds. The new trend for flight training will be "pay as you go" or "pay when completed which I think you're offering.

Students should not be willing to take the risk of paying up front after what happened at ATA.

Good luck to your flight school.

"speed mode, heading, half bank..."

 

[SDdriver]

Are you 141 or 61????

SD

 

[fulcrum]

61 right now but hope to have the provisional 141 very soon

 

[Toy Soldier]

fulcrum

Did you get the PDF file I sent?????

 

[ammodawg]

Hey Jim actually depending what program you are in with the VA they do pay more. I am in the VOCREHAB program and they pay 100% of the cost for my school. I go to Spartan so its not like a cheap program either. It is a special program that isn't offer to everyone but there are others than the GI Bill.