Originally Posted by dittidano
... The cost there seems to be a lot cheaper than other big academies. The school there is 16 months long; you get ppl-cfi in 4 months and then instruct at the school for 12 months. It sounds pretty intense, the training is 6 days a week 8 hours a day. They pay thier CFIs 15 dollars a hour. Is this place a scam? I dont really know,however, I am going down to check it out real soon. You might want to look into it as well Linebacker...
Dittidano
1,100 hours in 16 mos? That is VERY intense. Almost unrealisitcally instense. Besides that, how good of an instructor do you think you'll be after 4 months of training? How much confidence would you have in your instructor who got his PPL 6 months ago and is now teaching YOU?! Imagine this scenario, if you start your training in March and are instructing by September, you've never flown during the winter! Now you're teaching a new guy who starts in September how to fly!? In my opinion that is rediculous and dangerous. There is NO way you can have the proper skillset to be a safe and effective instructor with 4 months of training. I don't care how good the program is. You just have not seen enough and done enough yet. You guys that are in high school or just starting college, JUST RELAX! You have all the time in the world. Get out and experience life before you devote "8 hours a day 6 days a week" to training! How much fun are you going to be on those 4 day trips if all you can talk about is the wing loading on a C172 and how it effects glide distance? I know I would get tired of that conversation REAL quick.