not insulting you. I know most people go that route and I did for all my other training. I'm just getting sick off the bashing on accelerated programs. The big flight academy's can be great and FBO training can be great as well. it all comes down to who your instructor is. the academy can provide you with great tools such as simulators computers a new planes. but if your only as good as your instructor can make you.

I personally like the fast program and wished I had done that from the begging. their were 8 of us and you reprted at 7-8 am and the lead instructors had a 8 hour day planned on the chalk board for us and they would pull 2 of out each time to go fly a few times a day. as soon as your flight was done you go right back into grounds school with the other and send 2 other back to the ramp for their flight. this type of training was great because you could see the training building on top each other to see the finish line. at 6pm you all went back to the motel and all studied till 12-1 am and went back and did it again. it really was the most in depth training I receive. it really was intense and i feel i learn better under the pressure. this is what 121 training is like and it will better prepare you for that. when you go to an airline you trow away 90% of what your learned. its a whole new playing field.

Bottom line is you can go to Riddle and be a great pilot or be a bad pilot. You can go to a FBO training and be good or bad and you can go to a accelerated program and be good or bad. it all comes down to how you learn and your instructor. I read the same gliem the same jeppesen manual and the same Airplane Flying Hand book and passed a 7 hour check ride which was very difficult. If you still have some training ahead of you give it a shoot you might really like it save some time and money. The big schools are charging to much these days for what you get.

When you go to a flight school and they don't provide a dedicated ground instructor I would run. if you rely on your flying instructor to get you up to speed on all the ground work you have a a40% chance that he will either know this information or cares enough to teach it to you. the accelerated program provided all the tools to get you to pass. so be ready and a positive attitude. the one's who didn't make had poor attitudes and weren't believers be cause they got lost or frustrated. Call Mike and talk to him he is a straight shooter he will tell you what type of commitment you need to make and the commitment they will provide. you need to work with each other to get it done.