Originally Posted by
jedinein
As with anything, buyer beware. . .
8-10 CFIs to get the first rating.
Having to compete with other students for an airplane.
"Just one more flight" that lasts for weeks. . .
CFIs leaving wholesale without ready replacements.
Desire to do flights outside of strict training curriculum.
The nasty $200 hamburger.
Your regular CFI gets sick and the substitute does things so differently that you are set back a week or two in training.
I've heard of all these things happening at various "large" academies, including ATP. To be fair, however, the CFI issues are happening everywhere at the moment.
As for the hamburger... I damn well better have an hour to get my burger at the FBO before having to fly back on my x-countries. Seriously, if you have to do the flight, you deserve the lousy hamburger.
