What do you want?
02-07-2009, 02:21 PM
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What do you want?
Hey guys,
I'm a student at a large flight academy in Florida and am working as an intern in the Marketing dept. part-time. Basically giving tours and answering phones and answering questions for students. I'm trying to get your insight as to what do you really want when you're looking for a flight school? What oportunities do you want? What benefits are you looking for? What could really set a school apart from the others in your mind? I'm working on some ideas to present to the school on behalf of actual students to try and better flight training in the eyes of the person who really counts, the student.
I understand I'll get a few saying a lower price and I, like most others would love flight training to be less expensive. Whether it is at an FBO or a larger school so please refrain from giving the usual financial answer.
Thanks guys and I really appreciate your answers!
I'm a student at a large flight academy in Florida and am working as an intern in the Marketing dept. part-time. Basically giving tours and answering phones and answering questions for students. I'm trying to get your insight as to what do you really want when you're looking for a flight school? What oportunities do you want? What benefits are you looking for? What could really set a school apart from the others in your mind? I'm working on some ideas to present to the school on behalf of actual students to try and better flight training in the eyes of the person who really counts, the student.
I understand I'll get a few saying a lower price and I, like most others would love flight training to be less expensive. Whether it is at an FBO or a larger school so please refrain from giving the usual financial answer.
Thanks guys and I really appreciate your answers!
02-08-2009, 08:10 AM
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Well I went the Denver Metro for my college. and I choose that school because A. the tuition was cheap(ish) B. It has (In my opinion) a pretty good aviation school, C. Close to home and D. I could get what I saw as a well rounded education, not just an education in aviation.
It was an interesting school. The aviation department was awesome when it came to instructors. They really went out of their way to help and worked with every student who wanted to succeed.
Going there was more like attending a community college then being at a traditional one. Metro had dorms while I was there, but the vast majority of students traveled to school from work or home, and my guess is that at least 80% of the student who went there had a full time job, and the average age of the school when I went there was 27.
The big down side to going there, which is what I already knew when I started, is that the college does not have a flight department. Every student was responsible for their own flight training outside of the college and completing ratings with in a timely manner.
It was an interesting school. The aviation department was awesome when it came to instructors. They really went out of their way to help and worked with every student who wanted to succeed.
Going there was more like attending a community college then being at a traditional one. Metro had dorms while I was there, but the vast majority of students traveled to school from work or home, and my guess is that at least 80% of the student who went there had a full time job, and the average age of the school when I went there was 27.
The big down side to going there, which is what I already knew when I started, is that the college does not have a flight department. Every student was responsible for their own flight training outside of the college and completing ratings with in a timely manner.
