Australia CASA Flying Instructor Course

[Droste]

Originally Posted by ReverseFlight

Hi Droste,A word of friendly advice about flight school accomodation. You should visit the schools and their accomodation before you make up your mind. WBB seems to be knowledgeable and so that's a good start. I have gone far and wide around Australia to check out many flight schools, particularly those offering accomodation. I usually stay at their quarters for a night when I book a trial instructional flight.Some schools are quite indifferent to maintaining their student dormitories. Others suffer from a lack of local amenities and so you need personal transport just to get your daily groceries. Just some of the things to watch out for.Good luck with your choice.

Foreign students always face this kind of accommodation.

Back in United States, most flying schools do not provide any accommodation and they expect you to find yourself.

If the U.S. (or Australia) aviation schools really want to attact foreign students, the schools must doing something about it! Cater to the student basic needs first. I knew lots of people interested in flying. Just that, I do not want to introduce them to these expensive yet crowded schools in the east (CA)/west (FL) coast of United States. I can easily grab and recuit students from mainland China and India if the schools provide decent accommodation.

There are many afforable, reasonably priced and good school in United States. However, very often, these schools expect students to get themselves ccommodation. It is so silly to advise student to sleep in those costly motel or hotel!

Now, I am really really really scared of that. I have seen lots of students being forced to stay in expensive motel. My rule is simple, "no accommodation, no flying" even if the school is a good one! It also tells me that the school is unwilling to help student arrange accommodation. There is no point and waste of money to stay in an expensive hotel just for the flight training. I am sure most people will agree with me.

I hope to get a good school that will help student to arrange accommodation. As a foreign student, I want a 'yes' answer. I find it god-damn silly to receive answer such as "find yourself accommodation" from the school. How can a foreigner able to get a room by himself whilst not knowing the place well!