Egnatia Aviation Greece
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Egnatia Aviation Greece
Anybody had any knowledge or experience with Egantia Aviation schools in Greece. The course seems to be quite comprehensive which includes all modules required for a JAA fATPL licence such as PPL, Night Qualification, Hours Building, Multi-Engine Rating, ATPL Theory, CPL and IR and the cost quite affordable.
Advice me please!!!! Cos I've to make decision very soon
Advice me please!!!! Cos I've to make decision very soon
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Hi, read the following threads:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235814
http://www.pprune.org/forums/archive.../t-266377.html
Visit the school before making any decision
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235814
http://www.pprune.org/forums/archive.../t-266377.html
Visit the school before making any decision
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well that's expected, the school is a joke, i'm not a student there anymore but i keep in contact with some good friends i made there.
some info from the inside:
they are cutting corners on maintenence, some engineers came once from diamond and grounded all the planes because they had been playing with the numbers to illegaly get more time out the planes!
groundschool is a huge mess, no instructors, students only have groundschool on weekends and monday so someone who works elsewhere can come and teach them some subjects on his days off.
the directors of the company CAN NOT BE TRUSTED full stop. speak to any student there, they will confirm this.
it will be done next week, next week, tomorrow, this afternoon, tomorrow, yea dont worry its ok, tomorrow, sorry we cancelled it because just felt like it, next week, tomorrow, sorry no slot for you, yea we love english peoples money!
oh and there is STILL no internet in the accomodation, and i hear they've even taken it away from inside the school now!
my advice: stay clear of the place, i have spoken to other flight schools in the UK and i have heard many people say things about egnatias bad reputation.
i just hope the current students that are stuck there can get out as soon as they can, i hope that egnatia wont be a black mark on their job applications with its bad reputation.
some info from the inside:
they are cutting corners on maintenence, some engineers came once from diamond and grounded all the planes because they had been playing with the numbers to illegaly get more time out the planes!
groundschool is a huge mess, no instructors, students only have groundschool on weekends and monday so someone who works elsewhere can come and teach them some subjects on his days off.
the directors of the company CAN NOT BE TRUSTED full stop. speak to any student there, they will confirm this.
it will be done next week, next week, tomorrow, this afternoon, tomorrow, yea dont worry its ok, tomorrow, sorry we cancelled it because just felt like it, next week, tomorrow, sorry no slot for you, yea we love english peoples money!
oh and there is STILL no internet in the accomodation, and i hear they've even taken it away from inside the school now!
my advice: stay clear of the place, i have spoken to other flight schools in the UK and i have heard many people say things about egnatias bad reputation.
i just hope the current students that are stuck there can get out as soon as they can, i hope that egnatia wont be a black mark on their job applications with its bad reputation.
Are VFR flights not restricted to following airways in Greece or is this a myth? If true, how does one train?
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Hi there,
Well, I am really surprised how bad things are being said about Egnatia Aviation. I have just come back from the school couple days ago. I did my tour, saw accommodation, talked to instructors, students and manager, flown one of their DA40's and I found it very good school for the price they offer.
With all honesty You will never get "heaven" for lower price, but look; they do have 5 planes as they mention on the website. There should be no worry about maintenance since the school is just setting up its own maintanance facility and they just had an inspection from Authorities couple days ago.
They provide You with Bristol Ground School which is one of the leading in Europe. Accomodation is really nice, furnished and neat; all that You need during Your studies. There are also negative sides about the school, but hey, it is never going to be perfect anywhere. It is the most important for You as a future pilot to get desired and proper pilot education and get ready to take off with Your career and I thing that this is the place which will help You achieve Your goal. As I said, I have just visited school. My first impression wasn't so good, but I stayed there for three days and gradually changed my mind and opinion up to the point that I will start training with them very soon. If You would like to get to know something more about the school, just PM me.
Take Care Pilot
Well, I am really surprised how bad things are being said about Egnatia Aviation. I have just come back from the school couple days ago. I did my tour, saw accommodation, talked to instructors, students and manager, flown one of their DA40's and I found it very good school for the price they offer.
With all honesty You will never get "heaven" for lower price, but look; they do have 5 planes as they mention on the website. There should be no worry about maintenance since the school is just setting up its own maintanance facility and they just had an inspection from Authorities couple days ago.
They provide You with Bristol Ground School which is one of the leading in Europe. Accomodation is really nice, furnished and neat; all that You need during Your studies. There are also negative sides about the school, but hey, it is never going to be perfect anywhere. It is the most important for You as a future pilot to get desired and proper pilot education and get ready to take off with Your career and I thing that this is the place which will help You achieve Your goal. As I said, I have just visited school. My first impression wasn't so good, but I stayed there for three days and gradually changed my mind and opinion up to the point that I will start training with them very soon. If You would like to get to know something more about the school, just PM me.
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HubiPilot..dont be fooled, I was given a grand tour of Keramoti and shown all those wonderful apartments and told what facilities are on offer etc etc, and then we pulled up outside a sh1thole "and this is where your staying for a couple of days" turned out to be a week then I got moved to a smaller even worse apartment if you could call it that within the same block, no cooking facilities absolute dump of a place, again only for a day or 2, after 4 I packed my bags and went home, saw and heard enough in just over a week there to realise I had made a grave mistake. The accomodation was just the icing on the cake!!
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Then tell me guys what do You suggest with 50000Euro in my pocket? It is not easy to make my decision. I am not able to pay for Cabair or Jerez. I have talked to the a guy of my nationality who attends that school and was one of the first students at that school and he presented to me all pros and cons of Egnatia, but I can't go forever in looking for better school where I will be told that there are also negative things as everywhere else. I am confused.....
With all honesty guys I prefer to put all my power that I use for thinking about what school to choose, in my studies. But I understand and appreciate Your comments that make me think about my choice.
With Regards
HubiPilot
With all honesty guys I prefer to put all my power that I use for thinking about what school to choose, in my studies. But I understand and appreciate Your comments that make me think about my choice.
With Regards
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^the choice is ultimately yours however i recommend reading the 2 threads linked to above!...
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235814
http://www.pprune.org/forums/archive.../t-266377.html
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235814
http://www.pprune.org/forums/archive.../t-266377.html
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Hub, if you have that much money , do you have to go integrated ? you could certainly do the modular rouite with that amount at pretty much any provider and , all the arguments aside still come out with a fATPL ?
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Hub, like others in this thread I visited the school in question and could probably describe it like you did...to me, it was the little points that didn't add up and the school was still young with no past history so I would've been taking a huge risk in choosing them, thankfully, with their current affairs, my reasoning sort of paid off.
Would you like to train for your IR by flying the same route every day? doing your IR in a super easy aircraft which allows the use of an autopilot? To me, choosing a provider is about the quality of training. Remember, its the past and present students who offer a good indicator on how good the quality is, right now the current students at Egnatia are far from praising them. Its your choice but I would look at the other options available too and make a formed decision (spain, modular uk, america etc etc).
Would you like to train for your IR by flying the same route every day? doing your IR in a super easy aircraft which allows the use of an autopilot? To me, choosing a provider is about the quality of training. Remember, its the past and present students who offer a good indicator on how good the quality is, right now the current students at Egnatia are far from praising them. Its your choice but I would look at the other options available too and make a formed decision (spain, modular uk, america etc etc).