Originally Posted by
rickair7777
They charge a lot and advertise themselves to the doctors and biz-men as the "premium" flight school. The uninformed wealthy folks assume that top price = top quality. Of course, their instructors are the same 300-hour types you'd get at any puppy-mill
They have some newer 172's, but they don't justify $200/hour.
I am a 12,000 hour Airbus captain at Fedex and researched several schools for my son, including the horrendous ripoff ATP, I personally visited the school in Santa Monica and American Flyers is the only school that will teach you how to teach. My son went through the school and yes it is expensive, but he absolutely loved it and everything about it. He went in not sure whether he would be an instructor and came out extremely confident. Nationwide about 20 percent pass their CFI's on the first try. All 4 members of my sons class passed it on the first go round. Its not some shyster ripoff like the other big advertisers. Its the real deal. I HIGHLY recommend it.