Well Well!
I just did a search om my old flying school MFC and was a little surprised to find this thread with pointedinfinity slagging off the school. I spent a good 8 months at Moncton last year (2004 to 05). I have in my time as a commercial pilot flown in 6 different countries and worked or studied out of nearly as many schools. I have yet to see an establishment where things were done as clockwork as they are at Moncton Flight College.
I have no clue to what pointedinfinity is refering to when he talks about the non-new aircrafts state. I will bet a lot of my credit that most ATPL holders today spent a good bit of time getting their PPL in Cessnas that were the age of their parents, that has however nothing to do with the fact that MFC's older generation is in better shape than most other "older generation" training aircrafts out there. By mentioning only the old A/C's it sound like you easily forget that MFC has got a brand new straight of the line fleet on DA20-C1's, but that doesn't seem to be found on your post..... Slagging off is just too easy! You are giving people who have never been to MFC a twisted and unbalanced picture of the best school I have seen throughout flying in Canada, USA, England, Bahamas, Germany, Denmark and Scotland.
The instructors have a true desire to actually help you and not only think about their own "hourbuilding".
Mike Doiron the guy running the school is more of a buddy than a principal, he will take time and he will do what he can to help and make changes if that makes his school better.
When I reported minor defects that most other engineers would ignore such as nav lights, squeeky brakes, static radios etc, it would be fixed on the next flight. Maybe I have hit a load of very bad schools and found a diamond at MFC, but I think the thruth is more that you have had a bad experience and is now throwing unbalanced oppinions at one of the best places to get your training out there.
By all means this is a place to put our oppinions and I obviously don't agree with the beginning of this post. I have recommended close friends to MFC and will recommend it to everybody else as well.
The people are amazing, the training is top class and they have something called blueberry beer which I truly miss on a regular basis
Regards
Mike