Flight Training in Seattle Area
 

Anyone have any input as to the best possible flight school I could attend if I move to Seattle? My goal is the regional airlines. I know that ATP has operations there, but I also read about a place called Galvin Flying which sounds promising, but I really don't know much more than what's on their website. Thoughts?

Galvin's is a quality school, much more so than ATP. I would bet it's also more expensive than ATP. You'll have to run the numbers for yourself. Learning at BFI is a handful, but if you can do it, you can fly anywhere. Less expensive places in the area might be Snohomish, and even more so Crest Airpark in Kent. Crest used to be the best deal in the area.

ATP bailed on Tacoma Narrows and also portland.
I just about died looking at the prices at BFI in general.

Are you living in Seattle or trying to move here?

Seattle's one of three major metro areas that we're thinking of moving to (roughly one year from now)...Atlanta and somewhere in FL (perhaps Tampa vicinity) are the others. I'm trying to come up with plan A, B, C, etc. scenarios with respect to the move, wife's job prospects and me going into FT full-time. I'm also weighing the usual cost of living, family oriented neighborhood, location to family, blah, blah, blah. Seattle is a plus since that's where she's from and still has most of her fam. So I'm developing the what if's and really don't know about the Seattle flight ops.

pavco flight center in tacoma narrows is ok... but just two multi planes that are always in maintenance... sometimes the fbo route isnt the best way to go if you are trying to go somewhere fast things like this are usually the case

Galvin is EXPEEEEEEEEEEENSIVE!

But worth it! Best place on Boeing Field.
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It's where I got my start, and it's been a great ride, so far.
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This topic has been covered before in some detail. Why, even I was an active participant! :)

http://airlinepilotforums.com/showthread.php?t=5333

I did all of my flight training PPL-CFI (except MEL) at PAVCO out of KTIW in Gig Harbor, WA. I definitely like their operation. Their instruction is great, the maintenance is top-notch and their prices are competitive. I HIGHLY recommend them. The pace was as fast or slow as I wanted to go. I ended up doing everything in about seven months. www.flypavco.com

I didn't do my multiengine rating at PAVCO because they didn't have a dedicated instructor at the time. I did my multi at Acuwings out of Renton. They did the job at a good price but I was not 100% comfortable with them.

For primary I would take PAVCO because of the combination of price and quality.

If you have the scratch and want to go to the airlines, Galvin would be a good choice. It is very spendy, but you would be making the contacts you need.
Pavco is also a good choice: not much multi opps there but lots of opportunity to teach when you become a CFI and contacts.

I am the owner of AcuWings. Give us a try .. (shameless plug inserted).

Majorityof1, hey how is it going? Thanks for your referral and thanks for sticking with us when we were transitioning from an aircraft to another.

As far as Galving is concerned, it's a nice place but it's EXTREMELY expensive. Unless you make $$$$ no need to get into debt that you won't be able to pay for some time with first year F/O pay.