Shoutout for good, bad, ugly flight schools
#21
Well, training him yourself sounds like a great bonding experience. Buy a plane, work on his instrument and commercial and build time. You could expose him to crm and the concept of 2 pilot ops.You two could travel the country building time and experience for a fraction of the cost of a embry or und degree
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Yes my thoughts too. Could be a great experience. I looked at a (POS) 172, pre COVID. 60K, I wouldn't let anyone I like fly in it, let alone my son or self. I would be very amicable to leasing a newer aircraft with an advanced cockpit, aka Garmin 1000, but I don't know whether 200-300 hours leases are doable for SE aircraft.
Best of luck with your lease idea but even if you did the rate for a 800k cirrus or mooney ain't gonna be cheap.
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I agree you're likely to get a cheaper price here. You could get better training but I'd like to point out that the lack of organization and structure that is typical of the described scenario can be a problem for some.
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I also taught both 141 (at first) and then 61 (later). My part 61 was also very structured with documented curriculum and constant follow ups to keep students on track. I didn't meet another part 61 instructor that was that structured though. But that was 20 years ago. Maybe things have changed. When someone says part 61 instruction at a mom and pop FBO I tend to think of some old geezer as CFI hanging out on the weekends mainly to do rental checkouts but has an occasional private student who when he shows up "hey, let's go fly".
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lol und oh no way! My favorite pilots to run into. It’s like talking with a vegan Crossfiter, they shout it as soon as they walk in the room. Don’t get a useless aviation degree. Get something that your kid can use when the industry is down or gone, ya know flying cars and all. Separate from the degree go and do the flying stuff. If your kid can do some active duty in the military he can get Uncle Sam to pay for a fantastic flight training program at a community college. If you do it right they pay for the tuition, flight fees, and give him a housing stipend as well.
if he doesn’t want to play soldier, do what was stated earlier, buy a mid range Cessna and fly around the country with your kid teaching him how to be a good aviator. Those are experiences and memories you would both cherish for the rest of your life.
if he doesn’t want to play soldier, do what was stated earlier, buy a mid range Cessna and fly around the country with your kid teaching him how to be a good aviator. Those are experiences and memories you would both cherish for the rest of your life.
#28
If I did it all over again, I'd enlist in the air force in an IT field. Learn everything I can for at least 36 months, then get out and use post 9/11 GI bill at a university with a flight program. Get my licenses and IT certs at the same time. Maybe even join a ANG unit and put in for a UPT slot every chance I got.
Hindsight 20/20.
Hindsight 20/20.
#30
If I did it all over again, I'd enlist in the air force in an IT field. Learn everything I can for at least 36 months, then get out and use post 9/11 GI bill at a university with a flight program. Get my licenses and IT certs at the same time. Maybe even join a ANG unit and put in for a UPT slot every chance I got.
Hindsight 20/20.
Hindsight 20/20.
After that, recommend him to to use the GI BILL to get the remainder of his ratings and check the degree box. Plus side to that, by the time he is finished with all that, the industry hopefully will have shaken out.
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