Goodyear Arizona OAT on the cheap?

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Caution: OAT Goodyear

It is regrettable to say that the flight training advertised by OAT is not being fulfilled. The courses at Goodyear, OATs Fair Weather Base, are not receiving intensive flight training. The main problems are:
-Aircraft are poorly maintained, and frequently go unserviceable. Oxford employed instructors have openly said that aircraft are unsafe.
-Scheduling: Students are scheduled for flights in aircraft that are not suitable for the lesson. I.e. not suitable for night flight, or instrument flights.
-Management: Flight instruction is excellent, but there is a lack of leadership to implement strategies and plans for the general running of the base.
-Morale: Students are frustrated and few attempts have been made by Oxford to improve living conditions. Building work is yet to be completed, the accommodation exterior smells of sewage. Showers are unhygienic and dangerous. This is completely unsatisfactory when students pay £800 a month to live in the accommodation. Both students and flight instructors are perturbed with scheduling and serviceability issues.
-Lack of communication: There is little communication between staff and students (rumours run rife). Again no apparent communication between management and other sections, i.e dispatch, customer services.
-Weather: At the moment only a few flights are able to be achieved a day, due to the prevailing weather conditions. FAA instructors will not fly above 40’C(due to insurance reasons) and severe thunderstorms have cancelled many Navigation flights.

In summary, the fair weather base at Goodyear is not fully operational and there appears to be slow progress in making it so.
Would be interesting to hear other students’ views that are training at Goodyear.