On friday I back-sat a night cross-country flight to Daytona Beach, then Okeechobee and back. They had to do ten full stop landings (it was a student starting his commercial training) so we left Ft. Pierce at 8pm and came back 2am.
Tomorrow will be my end of course ride (for my multi private) with a different instructor. If I pass, I will get my real check ride with an FAA designated examiner sometime later this week.
Below is a pic of the night cross-country, short final for 7R at Daytona.
NICE! I would love to be flying ME's!!!
ReplyDeleteSo how was the pricing and such? I am interested in this school. Could you give me an email @ Mikey.Stein@yahoo.com with what you like and dislike? Could you also include the prices if you are willing to share of course. Thanks Alot!
Mikey
Good stuff!
ReplyDeleteThe pricing was raised recently and you can see it on their site aviator.edu, it's now like $270 per hour for the dutchess (instructor and fuel included). The school will get you the ratings you want, if you work hard. At first the administrators are really nice to you and walk you through the school, and butter you up. Once you enroll, you basically become a number to them and no one talks with you again as long as you keep the money coming. You have to make sure that you are enrolled in the correct classes and on time, scheduled to fly with your instructor, etc. The school won't care if you sit in your room for two months and watch TV, just keep the money coming.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that is the worst though are the planes. Out of the 12 twins they have, 5 are usually down for the 100hr inspection or some other issue, so the scheduling to fly is really tight and you have to jump on any available time slot. With 170 students, you can imagine how tight it gets, although not everybody is flying multi, about a third is flying the cessnas and the arrows for their PPL and instrument. If you have any more q's, feel free to ask. Sorry if I sound a bit negative, but I want to give you the facts.