What happened to Wright Flyers in San Antonio
09-29-2010, 09:15 AM
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What happened to Wright Flyers in San Antonio
Hi guys!
Just heard that Wright Flyers in San Antonio TX, is closed.
I used to work there couple of years ago. The school was expanding and growing. 300 Chinese every year. Getting new airplanes. Big plans. Could never imagine that this flight school could close down.
I think they were running it great. Had some problems with the president and the accountable manager though, but rest of the management was great. What happened? I am very curious.
Just heard that Wright Flyers in San Antonio TX, is closed.
I used to work there couple of years ago. The school was expanding and growing. 300 Chinese every year. Getting new airplanes. Big plans. Could never imagine that this flight school could close down.
I think they were running it great. Had some problems with the president and the accountable manager though, but rest of the management was great. What happened? I am very curious.
09-30-2010, 03:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Outlaw2097
From what I understand, two of the Chinese airlines were not paying their contracts...about $1 million short.
OOH :O!! Did ythey something wrong? I remembering they buying full motion simulators just to fullfill the airline's demands. They opened their own base in Hondo. Still after so m uch the airlines did not pay their contracts...
09-30-2010, 06:16 AM
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I worked there until last April. We had over 100 Chinese students and moved from KSAT to KBAZ. Then they moved to KHDO after I left. The writing had been on the wall for a while. The students were contracted at 250ish hours and were taking 300-350 to finish. All the domestic students had left because they were being treated like crap and that was that.
10-02-2010, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by g-code
I worked there until last April. We had over 100 Chinese students and moved from KSAT to KBAZ. Then they moved to KHDO after I left. The writing had been on the wall for a while. The students were contracted at 250ish hours and were taking 300-350 to finish. All the domestic students had left because they were being treated like crap and that was that.
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10-10-2010, 08:52 PM
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Looks like they are still "teaching Chinese" in Hondo, but they are under US Aviation out of Denton I think. I also worked there till mid 2009. I wouldnt say the domestic guys got treated like crap, but they were NOT the priority. The chinese airlines were terrible for paying on time. Students were 'grounded' due to their airline not paying the bill, sometimes 1 to 2 days, sometimes 2 weeks. Pity, it was looking to be a really good deal getting a dozen new students every couple of weeks, but when you have students who spend over a year and barely passing their PPL, you know you have problems.
10-12-2010, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by doublerjay
Looks like they are still "teaching Chinese" in Hondo, but they are under US Aviation out of Denton I think. I also worked there till mid 2009. I wouldnt say the domestic guys got treated like crap, but they were NOT the priority. The chinese airlines were terrible for paying on time. Students were 'grounded' due to their airline not paying the bill, sometimes 1 to 2 days, sometimes 2 weeks. Pity, it was looking to be a really good deal getting a dozen new students every couple of weeks, but when you have students who spend over a year and barely passing their PPL, you know you have problems.
Domestic student aircraft would go down for "mx" but a Chinese plane never would. I saw students have 6 or 7 cancellations a month because the Chinese would pull their planes and dispatch wouldn't even tell them until they had driven 40 minutes up I-35 to get there.
I also heard no one can find RG and he owes a lot of people some money.
10-13-2010, 01:02 PM
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Yeah im sure some people had $ on account for future flying. Youre right I dont remember the domestic guys getting treated that bad, but I could see that happening with a large majority of the chinese guys falling so far behind that the domestic guys lose their a/c.
Well it is what it is when you try to run a 'pilot puppy mill' and dont manage it right from the get go.
Well it is what it is when you try to run a 'pilot puppy mill' and dont manage it right from the get go.
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