Best choice...? (California school)

[eimin]

Hi all,

I'm a frozen jaa atpl pilot from spain.

you all know how catastrophic the situation is...so it's hard to make the best choice in your life, even more when things go wrong anywhere...

That's why I arrived to a conclusion...I need to improve my english, and above all my skills as pilot... And, the conclusion finally says me that I have to get both licenses, the european and the american.

So I want to go to America, more exactly to California, in order to fly in there and obtain the ME and IR FAA licenses.

I've been looking at several schools. Finally the three that I have replied and have very similar prices are ATP, National Air College (both in San Diego) and Angel City Flyers (Long Beach).

Right now I'm confused ... which one is best? which is the one you think will offer better conditions?

In short, advise if you have some reference or information. Because even though I try to find information online, I get complicated from Spain.

Finally, thank you very much in advance ;)

Good luck to all

greetings

[kilerio]

Hi mate!!

I am happy you decide to go to the USA to study, you´ll definitely impruve a lot your English and sharpen your flight skills...

By the way!! your english doesn´t read so bad, I bet you actually can speak better English that you think you do...:)

I am from Spain too, and I decided to do the same but the other way around, I have started my FAA licence first and sometime this year I´ll begin my JAA conversion course, that way I save quite a lot of money!!

Well, straight to the point!!! I write you just to recommend the school which I am doing my training with, it has the cheapest prices in California and I think it is also ones of the cheapest in the US... also you can pay as you fly (no money in advance required), and plenty availability of airplanes and helicopters, also you don´t need to rent a car (cheap appartaments at the airport)...

I like the school because of the familiar environment, there is no foreigners (all people are local americans), and I like the policy of the school only if you fly they make money, so they keep you all the time bussy up in the air... I always say, time is gold, I don´t like waist my time...!!!

And finally, well I don´t like to mention school´s names on the internet coz someone may think I am advertising the school, but if you are interested you are very welcome to write me to this email, so I can answer to all your questions (apostilla, time building, visa??, etc..) and of course give you the website and the contact number so you can speak directly to them...

[email protected]

I wish you all the best with your training!!!:}

[BHenderson]

Thumbs up for Angel City Flyers.

[eimin]

Thank you very much for your answers.

I wrote to Angel city flyers, all people have good words to them...

And how about American Aviation Academy? What do you think about that school? :ok:

Thanks in advance!

happy landings!

[BigGrecian]

See : About American Aviation Academy visa fraud (http://www.pprune.org/professional-pilot-training-includes-ground-studies/416289-ice-busts-california-flight-school-massive-visa-fraud-scheme.html?highlight=ICE+busts+visa)

Doesn't speak much for the professionalism of such an outfit.

[Muddy Boots]

I know the company was bought out a couple of years ago. Chris and Andy stopped running the place back then. You tend to sell a company with the phone number and web page intact otherwise what's the point in buying something rather than start a fresh?

[B2N2]

there is no foreigners (all people are local americans)
So no other foreign students?
Are you sure the school is SEVIS approved for the training of foreign students?


http://www.pprune.org/professional-pilot-training-includes-ground-studies/418519-m1-visa-no-visa-sevis-approved-schools-usa.html