Originally Posted by N6724G
No one can guarrentee you a fixed price. Learning to fly is an individual thing. SOme people can get their PPL in 40 hours. SOme get in in 60 and some like me get it after 100 hours. Ther eis no set time to become proficient. Everyone learns at a different rate. How can a school guarentee that with 5,000 dollars you wil get your commercial lisence? You may not get a good feel of the maneuvers in the amount of time to covve that. You may need additional practice. there is no way of saying.
Yes they can. AllATPS does.
There is a big difference between taking a students money and building time vs. doing your job as a CFI.
I agree people learn at different rates. However, motivated , physically capable , and educated people can learn to fly if given proper / professional instruction. When you have a CFI that can't tell a student that has completed all the hour / maneuver requirements for a PPL when his check ride will be that student shoud do what I did. Make the CFI and FBO owner tell you what areas you need to improve in? In my case , they couldn't and I wanted my checkride. Which I got and passed without any side-effect...
I'm saving my cash and in the distant future will attend ATPS and move on from there. No more FBOs for this kid...
-LAFF