Originally Posted by
Okihara
To Soar's current/former students: Can anyone shed light into Soar's surprisingly high Google review ratings? I mean, going by what I read here, I would have expected anywhere between 1 and 2 stars but going through a few that gave 5 stars has me wondering who these people really are. Instructors themselves keeping busy on IMC days? Some reviews really depict a grim picture consistent with your stories above. I'm sorry, this one is too good not to share with you all:
Here's one from "a week ago" (highlighting mine):
... seriously!?
And here's one by someone who's been brainwashed:
Amending rather than cancelling SARTIME 50 miles out is probably what you'd expect a school to teach, methinks. I also think that the kid just showed very publicly that he had no understanding at all of what SARTIME is for, again not particularly commending for a school sending someone on a solo nav.
It would not surprise me in the slightest to find that Neel and/or his office staff were the ones writing the reviews....not one of the former students I've spoken with would write such tripe about the company.