Originally Posted by
bafanguy
bpi,
Does either of the companies you mention train foreign students ? I can't think of a reason to charge high rental rates unless you aren't really interested in having locals as customers.
Is this the outfit near Peachtree City that trains lots of foreign students ? Any connection to the two companies you mentioned ?
https://www.flyfalcon.com/
No it’s not Peachtree City, where Aircraft Spruce is based.
Maybe, you know it better as Peachtree Dekalb in North East Atlanta KPDK.
There were about six flight schools on the field, including ATP. Now I expect schools near a major city to be more expensive. Especially on the East or West coast, but not so much in Georgia. I thought that school’s prices were ridiculous. I did not see any students. I just picked up a brochure and left. But he was a former DPE and does have a ATP and a Citation type rating with over 17,000 hours to justify his $180/210 an hour rate. Using that logic, I guess I should charge what my employer pays, instead of the ‘free’ that I do, to anyone who shows an interest in aviation.
I did my flight engineer turbojet license there in the early 1980s, and had my first turboprop job. Which is why I went to take a look at the place.