atpwannabe

These responses may belong under the "Flight Training" thread, however, I would suggest that you request info from all of the flight academies and do some comparative shopping. In the end, I'm sure you will see that Airline Transport Professionals (ATP) will be the logical choice.

"Palmer....listen to me!!!!"

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Browntail

No truth to that at all. First of all it's illegal to do that. I went to Jet University which some here claim is PFT. But look where I am now! Who cares what others think, they are just jealous that they are not me!

is3cm

I agree with you... Some people say that GIA is PFT but it doesn't matter where you go your going to pay for some sort of training. It doesn't matter where you go as long as you get where you want to be which is to a good airline where you get paid good money.

is3cm

it was $30,000 at GIA. Thats for the training ( ground school, sims, ect.)

rightseater

There's huge differences between Jet U and GIA/GTA. The guys at Jet U will tell you whatever you want to hear to get you to go there. I can't caution you enough about the risks of going that route. CAT the air cargo company you will fly for is not in good shape...what happens if CAT goes away? Hardly anyone gets a job with CAT afterwards. I cannot express to you enough how big of a mistake you coudl make by going to Jet U.

ConnectionPilot

i want to learn more about Gulfstream...30k, that seems like alot, what are you loans looking like? isn't that alot to pay off? What are my advantages of going to GIA?

cybourg10

Anyone who goes to Gulfstream WILL be blacklisted, any one who pays to sit right seat is not only doing hurting himself but he is hurting every other pilot in the industry. Please have some respect for the profession that we all love so much and don't pay an airline to sit right seat. People like is3cm are hated by so many and will never be able to jumpseat one of my flights, they are as good as scabs. What the heck is everone's problem with instructing? Did you know that in the early 90s you HAD to instruct, many guys had over 2,000 hrs of dual given and still couldn't get a regional job. Get your CFIs and instruct. Everyone has to pay their dues and you are no different...there are no short cuts in this industry. You will ruin your career very quickly by attending a PFT or PFJ program, you don't need to make anymore mistakes, you have made enough already by going to DCA. Please research and talk to real life airline pilots about these PFT programs like GIA....you will find out very quickly how the majority of pilots feal about it......

Lab Rat

PFT only existed one time in this industry, and it was back in the early to mid '90's. That was when dorks would fork out $10K of daddy's money to buy themselves a job at a commuter airline. They bypassed a lot of people by paying the airline for their training. Also, it was their checkbooks and not their skill that got them employment. Most of them are now either furloughed and working at Popeye's Chicken, or still stuck at the commuter level complaining to whoever will listen.

Happy2Fly

DCA will destroy your will to live. Get out while you can. I am still bitter about how they treated us as both students and instructors.

AirWillie

Browntail, can you give me some more info about jetunivesity? What are the requirements to get that jet officer training course. It says that you need your commercial multi and instrument. That's aleardy 30K there, they want me to pay another 33K for a total of 60K so I can get a job flying the 727? How much did it cost you and what did you end up paying at the end for the program after the 500 hours flying the 727? What was the QOL like.