Australian Wings Academy
Without Prejudice
Avoid Australian Wings Academy at all costs. The one star rating on Google is only due to there not being a zero star rating. They are not aligned with the airlines they claim to be. Bad experience by all of us in the past, especially international students. Note, I am a local to the Gold Coast.Today, I am a fully qualified Aeroplane Pilot. I have a Private Pilots Licence, CPL, Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation Instrument Flight Operations all from other more professional and more honest flight training organisations. I have a degree in accounting and marketing from Bond Uni, I also have passed all helicopter CPL exams and IREX. I was the former CEO and GM of two large law firms and with all that I have been screwed over. I have been waiting more than a decade for the Ombudsman to fully investigate AWA and the rip off of my Fee Help Account by Phil and Carolyn. I have a solid case and this matter is ongoing. I passed my CPL exams prior to enrolling at AWA. AWA charged me for this tuition. A NAV for 3.5 hours was scheduled, flew 30 minutes got charged for the 3.5 hours and the large list goes on. Fat cats have got rich by tapping my fee help account racking up a huge bill at my expense. Not to mention all the stress and long hours of study. Last thing you want is to know the flight training organisation AWA is screwing you over. It sucks. It sucks even more when years later you discover they have opened at Archerfield with stolen money from my account and bought fancy expensive planes. Just ask Gannon and Cam their Instructors from back then. They were pressured and encouraged to push remedial flights. If you don't know what this means, these are flights where they make you repeat due fee generation and pressure of management at your cost and in this case my cost. I will not rest until my entire Fee Help account is wiped given theft. If a person steals from a bank, they go to jail. If AWA robs your fee help account which at that time we had no control over and were blinded then they get away with it and you have to wait over a decade to get your money back. If you ever studied at AWA, doesn't matter how long ago, have your account audited. Long term, AWA is destined for A Current Affair what a great presentation this would make given the years ignored. My advice if you are planning to study at AWA - RUN.