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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Another advantage to an FBO is that if things don't go they way you like for whatever reason, you can simply walk away.
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I am at an FBO. A part 141 school in the northeast. I won't mention names, but it is supposed to be one of the best FBO's around. In any case things are NOT going the way I like, and I am going to be walking away after I get my COMM SEL. (probably by this winter)
1. There are never planes available.
2. The planes are crappy. This is my second FBO, and the planes were crappy at my last one also.
3. The weather sux, many academys are in Flordia (just a small point)
4. There are about 5 instructors for about 500 students, in other words the student/intructor ratio SUX
5. We have ONE crappy frasca 131.
6. I also believe our A/C are very unsafe, and wonder sometimes if our mechanic really does have his lisence to do work on A/C.
Now at the academys, I am well aware of the cost. Believe me it is depressing to talk about the check I'll be giving one of them. But I DO NOT know what else to do. I want to go to a school that...
1.has SEVERAL airplanes.
2.MANY instructors,
3.well maintained A/C
4. Instructors that give a damn, in other words I don't ever wanna hear my intructor say to me...."So what are we doin today"
5. Lots of Structure
6. Vast amounts of CRM training and Emergency procedures.
7. SEVERAL simulators that were made after the early 1900's would be nice.
8. And to be able to fly as often as I want. If I wanna fly 1 hour per week or 9. hours per day I want that!
10. Better weather would be a plus also
11. A "Guarenteed Interview" is also a plus. I know NO ONE in this industry, and I am afraid I'll have a very tough time getting hired off the street.
If I can get all of this out of a academy I AM doing it. Can I?