Originally Posted by
vagabond
I agree with you, de727, about BFI being very busy what with all the general aviation, cargo, business types, celebrity types, helicopters, Blue Angels etc etc all over the place. And all the commercial planes taking off and landing at SeaTac only made the air choppier.
Having said that, however, I think I am a better pilot if I can avoid getting killed while flying in busy airspace. I'll continue to fly out of BFI, but will try the outlying airports just for a change of pace.
I don't know much, if anything, about Galvin. The only comment I heard from a classmate was that it is incredibly expensive, even more expensive than Wings Aloft.
Personally, I think learning to fly under the class B veil at an airport with lots of big jets was a great experience. I feel a lot more comfortable in busy airspace because that kind of a training environment. The Blue Angels were also awesome-- watching them land and take-off from the ramp is better than watching the Seafair performance itself, in my opinion. A great motivation tool for new pilot!! However Airforce 1 used BFI when I was training there, and this put a huge dent in everyone's training schedule. We couldn't even leave the building for fear of getting shot at. But overall, a great place to learn to fly.
Yes, Galvin is expensive for students. But you are going there to CFI, right??