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11-04-2013, 02:56 PM

Raphael01

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Busiest flight schools in the US?

Anyone have any ideas (for reference's sake) as to what the busiest flight schools are in the country?

For starters: in terms of hours flown per month (on average).

11-04-2013, 03:03 PM

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BUSIEST FLIGHT SCHOOLS in the USA

1. USAF
2. US Navy
3. US Army
4. US Marines.
5. ???

11-04-2013, 05:06 PM

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TransPac was probably pretty high up on that list a few years ago. I'm not sure how things are there now.

11-04-2013, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy

1. USAF
2. US Navy
3. US Army
4. US Marines.
5. ???

Awesome

11-04-2013, 05:25 PM

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A single location or the entire school?

11-04-2013, 05:56 PM

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It's going to be hard to find references but I'd say the busiest would be Aerosim, Transpac, and US aviation academy. Not necessarily in that order though.

11-04-2013, 06:13 PM

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Any school where international students are taught. Like the ones listed above.

11-04-2013, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy

1. USAF
2. US Navy
3. US Army
4. US Marines.
5. ???

Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard all go through primary and intermediate together, so maybe that bumps them up a notch?

I gotta imagine ATP is at the top of the list, too, as long as you are counting all flight schools and not just those that focus on PPL to Comm students.

11-05-2013, 10:34 AM

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It's going to be hard to find references but I'd say the busiest would be Aerosim, Transpac, and US aviation academy. Not necessarily in that order though.

Using myself as a reference.. I was flying about 900 hours per year at TransPac and I wasn't trying very hard. There were people there who could have done more by volunteering for stuff. I had some friends at Aerosim and one of them claimed to have flown 1,100 hours in a year. All three of the schools you listed would probably let a CFI approach 1,000 hours per year if they wanted to and it would be consistent. There are always new students.

11-05-2013, 04:15 PM

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FlightSafety has some CFIs with 10 students right now. Some of these full-time students are only flying about 3 times a week.

Many CFIs are maxing out their hours in 4 days and end up with a 3-day weekend.