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Old 10th January 2006 | 08:48
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Re: Professional Flight Training USA?

No PM, but after everyone being so negative about you going to the US, i thought i might write something positive.

I too have been in the US (nearly 4 years) for flight training and working as an instructor and pilot. And i loved it. Sure it is hard work as an instructor there, working in the US and in Europe are two totally different things. You won't make a million bucks doing so (i must say that i think USD15 before tax per hobbs hours is more of a real number though) But i have had experiences that noone in Europe can talk about. I would not have missed it for the world! Now that i have seen the european way of flying too, i have had the opportunity to take best from both worlds. Besides the the stick and rudder stuff i have learned, it was good for me personally as well, not only growing up, but seeing different cultures, different people, different ideas. I think that is a very valuable thing too, that you can never learn if you stay where you are. (and i think that can be seen as a positive thing when deciding to train in europe, or in the US for all people)

As far as the choice of your school; I've heard both negative and positive things about both of them. In the end, i think you should choose the school which made the best first impression to you. It's not always facts and figures, sometimes you have to do what feels right, rather then what everyone else is telling you.
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