Originally Posted by
jdebrey
Not to be that guy, but the level of training up here is 10X better than my friends training at the local FBO.
That is what the school tells you. It is amazing how many Riddle kids think that they are the greatest thing ever, until they get to training and the guy sitting next to them got his ratings at a little "mom and pop shop" and flew single pilot cargo for the last year and is 10x better of a pilot.
There is absolutely nothing challenging at all about flying a 172, and is not a measure of what a good pilot is.
I had a university kid sitting in the right seat the other day that didn't know how to turn the lights on at an outstation airport when the tower was closed. He never flew when it was dark or IMC when he was in college, other than the required minimums.