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Old 08-01-2016, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by emil88 View Post
I have some friends that went there. I know its good and fair priced, but the partnership school which I have contacted basically said their main focus was heli and that the school didn't have that many fixed wing students anymore?
I dont know if this is true, but whats your experience?
What did you get out of it?
They have a lot of helicopter students but my guess is that they have around 300 fixed wing students, a lot of them from china and from portland community college, so yeah they still do fixed wing and more than rotor wing.

I'll send you a PM.
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Old 08-02-2016, 06:09 AM
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Don't go to USAA. You'll waste a lot of time sitting around waiting for broken airplanes and being displaced since the chinese take priority over you.
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Old 08-03-2016, 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Kike View Post
They have a lot of helicopter students but my guess is that they have around 300 fixed wing students, a lot of them from china and from portland community college, so yeah they still do fixed wing and more than rotor wing.

I'll send you a PM.
TY, sir!
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Old 08-03-2016, 02:42 AM
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Don't go to USAA. You'll waste a lot of time sitting around waiting for broken airplanes and being displaced since the chinese take priority over you.
Thats exactly the kind of feedback I need TY.
Been there before and had to wait for several weeks for the fleet to get fixed were I went
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Old 08-03-2016, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by sourdough44 View Post
I wouldn't just look for the lowest advertised cost, especially if burned before.

There should be a bunch you can sift through in AOPA's 'Flight Training' magazine.
Understand what you mean, but thats not necessarily what Im trying to advocate here.
I`ve attended a great flight school before and are still in contact with them, but Im sure I can get more for my money else where.

The reason why Im asking is because alot of you guy`s on this forum know`s the pitfall`s in the industry, have seen/talked to alot of the school`s and know where you can get your money worth spending. Its one thing to get a brochure and think that everything is perfect, but the reality is often really different.

I dont need a big fancy school or anything, Im just asking what school you have experience with and what you got out of it. What was good vs not so good and so on...

I talked to SAA yesterday and they promised me the world, so you can see where Im going with this, guy`s
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