AF in general is overpriced, and the top managers always impressed me as being focused on monthly billing of students...ALL other considerations were secondary at best. Also, career students generally had lowest priority on the schedule. They viewed your time as flexible and expendable, as opposed to the busy (and wealthy) doctors, lawyers, and businessmen who payed full-fare for PPL and IR.

However, a few of the remote branches were pretty good schools (aside from the price) because the local manager was good...unfortunately the owners tend not to like managers who look after the students, so they don't last forever. SMO used to be one of the good ones, but the manager at the time has moved on and I'm not sure where they stand now.

I'd go down there, hang out on the ramp, and try to find a career student (as opposed to an old rich guy doing an IR) and ask him about his experiences.