Originally Posted by
kingair130
*16 months!!
Does anyone know anything about the repuation of American Flyers or similar outfits?
They have many branch offices. The headquarters folks (Illinois and DFW) were fairly typical flight school scumbags IMO, they routinely overstated their flying qualifications. Low-time private pilots would claim thousands of hours of "instructor time"...but that was not flight instruction.
Some of the branch offices might be OK, depending on the local manager. But beware of the salesmen...even the branches employ professional salesmen with little to no aviation credentials.
AF targets wealthy student and private pilots. Most training programs are way overpriced, but the CFI academy is usually a good deal. Of course this would not matter to an intern.