MVP AERO ACADEMY - end of their story
Yes, anyone considering MVP - stop now! MVP Aero Academy lost their airplanes to the bank repo action just a couple of days ago. Back in 2008 they changed membership. Older Dutch couple sold the school and stayed for a while as managers but because they did nothing but damage, the new owner (lady from India and her assistants) let them both go. There was almost no maintenance, the so called Director of Operations (quite frankly I think he was not right in his head) actually said that malfunctioning elevator trim builds pilot's character. The former owner, when told that the glideslope on one of the twins shows erroneous indications while on ILS approach, said: "oh, that one does it too? that's weird." No fixing it. After new owner fired the old owners, she did not do much better on management. She had a chance but series of mismanagement actions killed it all. She has had several people run the school, who had no idea what they were doing. There was a rumor that old owners sold the school for a large amount, basically selling ton of problems and few broken airplanes. During 2008 the school had constant problems with the government and lost their 141 status. After she fired the old owners, the new owner hired absolutely useless chief pilot and staff. Shortly speakling - this school was very quickly and successfully run into the ground. Do not consider it, do not waste your time and money, and most of all - do not endanger your life flying their airplanes.