Originally Posted by JohnBurke (Post 2694668)

It would be pointless, as going to "aerogard" wouldn't get you any closer to a chinese job. They cater to chinese students, sponsored by chinese airlines; going to the school won't give you an "in" or any advantage, or will it make you chinese...which is what you'd need to be to have a part of those slave-like 99 year sell-your-life contracts that the chinese students have. You'd just be another US student, not subject to the policies, rules, or regulations that apply to the chinese students.

The place is a certificate mill, with many students failing each of their checkrides multiple times until finally passed. It's a safe bet that many of those completing the training at Deer Valley will never fly for the airlines; they're sent over to get their FAA certificates, but it doesn't mean that they'll be considered safe or good enough to operate for the airlines, and regardless of whether the airline ends up using them for pilot services, the airline owns their life for 99 years. They can go home to be a hangar sweeper or whatever else the airline wishes to do with them....and there are a LOT of them that go home absolutely incompetent as pilots.

Transpac was purchased, the name changed to aerogard (I believe Skywest bought them), and most of the staff fired, including those who had been with the school for a long time, through various ownership changes. Even the secretaries.

Your comments suggest that you think you'll need to have several hundred thousand dollars worth of flying, paid out of pocket, to get to hiring minimums. It doesn't work like this. You get your pilot certification out of the way and go to work to gain your hours...most do it flight instructing.

Originally Posted by Imasuen1 (Post 2695117)

Unapologetically brutal hehee :D

Originally Posted by martinlodijo (Post 2694662)

I think for now I'll take advantage of ERAU online core classes then enroll into a flight training program next summer...

Originally Posted by martinlodijo (Post 2694034)

We're Americans that value our liberties.

Originally Posted by martinlodijo (Post 2693236)

From what many online sources say they're referring to USD

https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/15/new...gn-pilots-pay/

Originally Posted by martinlodijo (Post 2693417)

Based on the information that I read on other forum's Xiamen Captains make $300/hour, get 48 hours of rest for every 4 days of flights, the majority of flights are domestic with some international flights within southern Asian neighboring countries and because of Xiamen higher flight fairs the hotel's accommodations are 4-5 star.

I don't want to sound like I'm promoting them but this is what I've read from different sources. I couldn't find much information about FO's except their starting salaries.