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Title: choosing a flight school Post by: shazum on February 28, 2006, 12:53:14 pm Hello, i am currently reaseaching a number of flight academys. i was wondering if anyone could give thier input about thier experiences at the school they attended, the good parts the bad parts, did they say and train you the way they said they would and so on. Any informations would be greatly apprieciated and very valuable. thanks
Title: choosing a flight school Post by: Deuce on March 01, 2006, 12:54:09 am what type of school are yo interested in attending? are you looking for self paced training or a regimented program? are you willing to re-locate?
OT, do you live in buffalo, ny? thats where i live, if you need any info on local flight schools i could share with you what i have found out so far, im currently looking for a school myself Title: choosing a flight school Post by: shazum on March 01, 2006, 08:11:09 am Yes i do live in buffalo new york. as of right now i have looked in to prior aviation to start my training untill i have found the right school for me. As of right now i and looking at all school just to get a overview of what everyone has to offer. but im leaning toward fast track schools. My plan is to start my training up in buffalo and then relocate in a pace past program. so any information you have about local training would be great along with other programs. im just trying to gather as much information. thank you very much!!
Title: choosing a flight school Post by: Deuce on March 01, 2006, 10:53:48 am im checking into many options, i think what i am probably going to end up doing is starting my training up here, maybe going all the way to commercial/CFI and then after i have completed that, going down to florida for an airline first officer transition/prep school.
Locally there are not many options, in buffalo there is prior aviation, dunkirk aviation and a flight school in batavia, also there is 1 in rochester but that might be farther than you want to travel. A different option is jamestown community college offers a 2 year associates degree in professional piloting. the neat thing about the program is you dont actually have to travel to jamestown to fly, you do all of your flying at either prior or dunkirk for example. that might be a good option because it might be easier to get financial aid etc.. since you are technically enrolled in a college i think this it the website for jamestown community college www.jcc.edu (im just going from memory. search around on that site for the pilot info, or call them up and ask to speak to rick ruprecht (spelling?) anyways he is the coordinator of the problem and he gave me a lot of infor over the phone if you have any questions after i get my commercial/cfi i believe i would have somewhere around 220 total hours, then i would transfer to a school like forida regional airline academy. they have a 9 week program to take low time pilots with commercial rating up to the training needed to be eligiable for a first officer job interview with a regional airline. i am going to be in florida at the end of march and while i am there i am going to try to check into the school. i think the website for the school is www.raaflightschools.com it also seems like a decent deal, i would like to do a fast paced program the entire time, but i cant go away for a whole year/afford it because it becomes very expensive well i hope this helps and if i think of any other info ill let you know |