Originally Posted by
Mars2025
. . . No experience, no expertise, no quality. . . . The instructional quality in general is awful. Many instructors barely understand what they are teaching. Many have no experience. You may be their first student. . . . They won’t do any pre-flight briefing. They will check what lesson and elements should be taught that flight on their cell phone in the air. They will be texting friends and girlfriends during your lesson. The instructors are not interested in teaching you. It’s all about them getting hours. . .
This is practically everywhere, sadly. It seems the bigger the school, the bigger the problem.
Originally Posted by
Mars2025
More than half the time you won’t fly because of weather. You will fly two times per week on average. Private will take 6 months at LIFt. Instrument will take 5-7 months at LIFT.
You cannot control weather. This is common in places that have varying types of weather. And something that EVERY pilot in training has to deal with.
Originally Posted by
Mars2025
Approximately 30% of the hours you log will actually be taxiing time. Sometime you will wait as much as an hour just to take off. You are paying for that, and at a premium rate.
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This is common at large airports or those with a heavy training presence. Nothing new.
I have nothing to do with this academy or training program, but it sounds like the issues you have stated are not isolated to this program. The sad part is new student pilots who have no experience do not know these things until it's too late.
"You don't know what you don't know"