Originally Posted by Escandalo

I am planning to start accelerated flight training in a few months. I have 1-hour flying! When I search on Google, obviously many schools are paying for placement, or they've paid someone to improve their SEO (which I recognize isn't necessarily a bad thing). I am in the Northeast but I am willing to go anywhere in the US, as I know the Northeast's weather can be problematic when you're trying to make fast progress. Is there some list of/resource for well-respected schools? I already have a degree so I don't want to go that route.

I just want to work hard at this. That being said, when I see "PPL in 14 days!", obviously that's a red flag. I don't need big promises, I just want to know the school is set up for success. If it takes 2 months, so be it. But it's hard to discern which schools are actually well-respected/have good partnerships with airlines etc and which are just doing a good job marketing themselves.

I know there are lots of questions to ask schools about the size of their fleets, maintenance, graduation rate, etc... I'm planning to ask those questions. But I'm just wondering if there are some "universally acknowledged" good schools? I've been mainly looking in Florida, Texas, maybe Arizona... Anywhere where there are more flying days.

Thanks for any advice!