Toronto Airways is a busy school. It can get difficult to book a lesson, as the instructors are busy and the planes may all be taken by other students. However, it's a good training facility within the city. Great airport for night flying, as it's smack dab in the middle of an urban sprawl; very difficult to find at night.
The word is that they're renovating their building, adding a few new Cessna 172's, two Seminoles, and a new simulator!
The good:
- busy airport, thus a better learning experience (ie. radio and circuit procedures)
- great place for night flying
The bad:
- busy airport, sometimes you're on the ground for 10 minutes just to WAIT to take-off
- expensive
- takes some time to fly out to the practice area
Instructors factors? Not really, as all instructors want to fly as long as the weather permits! A problem I ran into was my instructors kept leaving for better jobs, but it shouldn't be that big of an issue now that the industry and economy is facing a downturn.
Overall, not a bad place to train in, but expensive compared to other places.