Originally Posted by
erictgill
US News does the rankings each year for Universities and Embry Riddle Daytona Campus has held the #1 in aviation for about as long as they have been ranking. USAF Academy is #2 and ERAU AZ Campus is #3
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What I have herd is the USAF Academy flight training is mediocre, The government contracted out the flight training to a place called Doss Aviation in Pueblo Colorado. The CFI standards are low for a job at doss teaching cadets
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Keep in mind when the Government contracts civillians for anything the contract goes to the lowest bidder. You should know that being in the Marines and all. What gives the USAF Academy such a good name is dispite their hands on flight training they do have a really good academic standard. Plus add the 6 years of active duty and experience.
You and the news media are both seriously confused...the flight training provided to service academy cadets by contractors is for introductory purposes only and is used to help screen candidates for REAL military flight training.
That occurs AFTER graduation and is conducted by military instructors in high-performance turbine powered military aircraft and is generally regarded as the best in the world.
US news is obviously clueless about the process, and Riddle flight training in no way compares to USAF flight training.