Delta Academy...what a ripoff...a few years back (1997) I took ( and paid for) their evaluation on a King Air sim in order to apply to Allegheny and Mesaba. A few days later I started getting calls each day that Delta Connection wanted to hire me and for only $10K I could fly for them. After a month of these calls I called Mesaba and spoke with a guy named Fran....Delta Academy never sent them sh%t about me taking an evaluation. Did some more checking and Allegheny didn't get squat on me either!
After week 4 of calls to come fly for Comair and pay the $...I asked the guiy on the other end, "I have an ATP and am flying corporate why the hell would I want to give you $10K to pay for a seat. Besides why didn't you send my eval results to the other two airlines that I actually marked the boxes for..... His reply nothing but silence.

Actually, they do.

USAFA_Aircraft

Air Education and Training Command - 306FTG
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I stand corrected on the gliders. Do you get certified while doing it there? I understood that to be an extra-curricular activity... and not part of the evaluation on whether to send you to UPT - my bad, I'm not an Academy guy.

I second that, to me "The Academy" is the US Naval Academy. Also not a graduate.

I went to DCA, never have I referred to it as the "academy"..by the way, that place was a great experience and great training but 40k for CMEL, CFI, CFII and housing for 9 months was the dumbest move I ever made.No degree, job offers for 10$ an hour, and 800hr dual given contract that takes 2 years to complete. I will be suffering for awhile and I paid less than half of what those other suckers paid for the full gig. Guess I need a "being 19 and ignorant as all get out" bailout!..

I have nearly the exact same sentiment. I didn't pay for housing though. I am kicking myself for not going to Epic in New Smyrna. That's was a good flight school for a FBO.

I also said [screw] when told I'd have to wait 5 months to get into the CFI new hire class. The attitude there is "you should be willing to give up everything for your dream career." Being a "CFI was just paying your dues. Its not pay, its a stipend." Oh man, when those words actually came out of the mouths of higher ups and repeated by some of the students, I nearly wanted to vomit.

Its not the training that bugs me there, its that attitude. Its a disease.

You hit the nail on the head.

Bingo! "Please check your ego in at the boarding door, you're not at DCA anymore!" That place really does a decent job at inflating egos and entitlement.

You guys are all misinformed.

There is only one REAL academy.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

USMA = West Point
USNA = Annapolis
USAFA = Air Force Academy or just "the Academy", because "I learned to fly at the Springs" makes you sound like a toolbag.

But most Comair pilots didn't go to the above institutions. If a Comair guy tells me he went to "the academy", and he's slouching, I'll assume he means Comair Aviation Academy and then inquire further if there's any doubt.

And then there are the rare Comair pilots that can say "I learned to fly at the Academy" and be referring to more than one academy.

DCA = Ripoff
the guy i spoke to told me, don't even think about starting your training with out 100,000 on the account.

and a Dis-enrollment fee after finishing up training?

late show up fee / no show fee? gotta be kidding me