Originally Posted by
amadmalik
I was also doing my PPL with ddartt I can verify my experience was similar. FYI I already had 37 hours of flying, granted from some years ago in the UK but I was not new to PPL. The issue of instructors changing every time affected me more than anything. I ended up having to pay for additional hours even though most of the instructors and CFI agreed I am a good pilot. Just horrible organisation and some incompetent instructors really hold you back. There are some really great instructors but even they can not counter the damage bad instructor will do in your training.
Some instructors are really inexperienced, a few have just finished their training in OneAir and immediately started teaching. You will see immediately they have never been to any airport outside of the 3 or 4 you will fly with one air.
Language also can become a problem sometimes. As we were doing PPL in English, we found most of the material is translated from Spanish and terminologies were wrong. Most instructors also struggle to then explain things further, as most of them also did their training in Spanish and depend on google translate. In technical subjects that you study during pilot training, this can not work. I was lucky I did my ground school before in the UK but I did also struggle sometimes as things don't make sense when translated literally.
I would highly recommend going somewhere else if you are looking for a good expernence.
However I have to admit, they do have some of the best simulators and other equipment you will find in Europe. They also do make an effort to teach in a very organised manner, theory classes are run regularly. an effort is made to teach essential things, however, the way they go about doing it, you will feel you are in primary school. They can not explain the logic of most of the rules they have. the answer to most questions will be "because it is the rule".
And the most important issue will be getting flights, if you want to finish in a timely manner this is not the place for you. If you don't care about time, flying 2 or so times a week is ok and happy to spend 8 to 12 months then it could be the place for you. I do know someone who loves the school, but I can tell you he is probably one 1 person who does.
regarding the instructors bit, what is the range of their nationalities? As I heard this school has a diverse workforce of instructors. Which I believe would be very beneficial if it were to be true.