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Old 21st Jan 2022, 23:53
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SweF
 
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The problem in Norway is that you are funneled into these bad flight schools, because they have financing through the state, but PFA is defiantly the worst one.
At your age I would focus on something else and when the marked catches up, maybe go for a career in aviation if it seems viable.
For them it's just all about the money, they take in everybody as long as u can secure financing. People that fail still lines their pockets in cash.
You pay your course in four stages, that would make sense if you were flying and taking theory at the same time.
But now if you for some reason drop out at the last stage of theory, you have paid like 3/4 of the course without any flying, so it's basically just free money for them.
You will have to do mulitiple test every week, with minimal time to actually learn the curriculum. At the end of each course you basically take an exam that you need to pass, often harder than the actual exam at the examiners office, especially with the limited time.
They say it will take like 18 months, but in reality it maybe will take you 2-3 years, probally not bad because of the current market, but it gets expensive. After that you will probably have a hard time finding a job, even before covid you could see PFA students having a bad time and many just looks unemployabole. Right before covid they ramped up production, so now it's much worse.
Perhaps join the PFA meme Instagram account, that the school leadership really hates, it gives you sarcastic information of the shortcomings of the school. But in public, I guess people are more reluctant to speak, because a best case scenario you can become some type of instructor.
Two accidents last year, one runway excursion and one deadly da42 accident in stall maneuvers. If you are going for this career, any other flight school would put you ahead on your job applications.
Long time ago the school was split into pilot and another one, they just could not get along of how the school should be run. The other one trying to be serious, but PFA selling you a uniform and a dream.
Half of the school was sold to some kind of investment firm right before covid.
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