Progress Vs 43rd Flight School

[TermightJim]

Hows it to everyone

Been watching this thread with great interest. Well there are two schools, in my opinion, depending where you live. Lanseria Flight Centre up north or Sky Raiders if youre down Rand Airport side. Both good, both provide accomodation and both have nice fleets. LFCs fleet comprises Cessna and is older but its not that big a problem. Sky Raiders is a newer flight school but has a Piper fleet and are in very good nick.

[gaxt]

Hey Elpheba???
i was going through this forum and i know its a few months down the road but i am in the same dilemma you were in...i guess it is a good thing because you may be able to help me based on what decision you made and your experience so far.

I am a kenyan as well and i would also like to pursue my aviation in South Africa or the USA preferably SA..i'm tight on cash as well and will definitely need accomodation.

HELP!!!!

[nyathi]

Lanseria Flight Center at Lanseria or SAFTA

[FL999]

Hi Everyone,

just thought i'd follow up on this thread as it's been a while and a lot has changed within the realm of flight training in SA. I'm currently considering going for a CPL in SA and am looking around for some info regarding the various schools. Im currently looking at 43 and Progress and am considering a move to Progress as it is significantly cheaper than 43. Some recent insight on the schools would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[DaFly]

I have done my CPL IF ME at Progress 12 years ago. The big advantage that we had over the 43rd students was the fact that we had 5 minutes flying time to the nearest VOR & ILS.

Back then, the CPL training was very bush oriented, since most fresh CPLs would get their first job flying charters. We landed on a grass rwy with only one row of lanterns on the left side.

The pass rate, both for the theory exams and the practical flight test at Progress used to be a lot higher than that of 43rd.

[negus]

FTC in George. On the Garden Route between cape town and PE.
Flight Training South Africa Pilot Training Garden Route. If you look through the chapters you'll find some good gen.

[Aladin]

Hi All,

Did my CPL/ME/IR @ Progress.
I have to say that the standards at Progress are very high...higher than at 43...Basically at Progress u learn to fly the hard way...Landing a Semimole on a 800m grass runway with trees at the end is rather daunting.
Also they let you fly the seminole solo which no other school would allow you to..this really builds up confidence and show how much trust they have in their students... While at 43 you will do your "solo" navigation with the instructor sitting at the back!
Another good aspect about Progress is that the aircrafts are relatively new and they invest in new aircrafts, not 2nd hand. The seminole(ZS PGI) is brillant.
Gud thing with 43 and Progress is that accomodation is on base and you have the whole airfield for your training. Progress is 5mins (by air) from FAPE...so no prob for IF training.
Not all Progress Pilots end up with Charter Companies...Kenya Airways and Precision Air do send their Cadets there...As soon as they leave Progress they fly the B737 and ATR72!

[Twinotterguy]

Both are very good flight schools, but I would recommend 43 air school. I did my training there, good accommodation, great instructors: most of them are trained at 43 itself, Lots of aircrafts which means an airplane is always there for you to train so you wont have any delay involving engineering problems or unavailability of airplanes, Port alfred is a very small safe and peaceful place and good places for outings are there also. Recently Boeing has partnered with 43, I am not very sure about the new programmes.

Downsides at 43 are, sometimes the weather wont be on your side and the price is on average 80-100 thousand rand more than average SA flight school pricing. Its more or like a traditional college style school rather than a average flying club/school, sometimes you wont have freedom for example sometimes you need to attend ground-class strictly whereas in some flight school you dont need to attend if you think you can self study, you will feel like you are at a college/university. But the flying is great.

I dont know much about progress but I heard at progress you will gain more personal attention from the instructors, also challenging flying and feel more like a flying school but the school can be overcrowded at times and delays in trainings.

[Georgina Oduol]

Hello.
I am Georgina. I am looking for good flight schools in either midrand or Johannesburg. Please kindly advise.

[TwinJock]

Ok, here we go again! Georgina, I strongly suggest a search on pPrune, followed by a Google search! Your question has been answered and discussed, many times before.

Good luck.

[super 27]

I am very proud up to now to have done all my traning at PFA Progress Flight Academy back in 95.Now I am currently flying the Airbus 320, and I can tell you gents it is a high standard level of training.