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Old 29th August 2009 | 08:25
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vanHorck
 
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At least till a while ago the school employs both British and German FI's, who have a different cultural attitude to dealing with people. My wife was struggling with the German military like snapping but enjoyed the British FI's. Unfortunately FI's were hired for short term and so you may end up with multiple trainers.

The school had (very) old Cessna and one PA28. In the case of my wife the age of the planes put her off (especially one) although there was no indication they were unsafe. It's all in the eye of the beholder. We pre booked and pre paid for the PA28 which however had not been reserved for us (!) so she had to learn on a Cessna, which she didn t want (I own a Piper).

Doing the PPL in one month is really only feasible if you ve learned all the theory on beforehand and if you have some talent. In the end she went solo but did not complete the PPL. She found the total an unpleasurable experience which put her off (self) flying

The school did not provide ground school but FI's were willing to give assistance whilst self studying.

The owner is opinionated about students performance although he is not a flight instructor. The ops managers were friendly and helpful but generally hour builders who did not have any clout within the organisation.

The CFI was a great guy, unfortunately not often there, but of an understanding nature, a kind listening ear.

The community feeling amongst the student was quite good and they spent many an evening together.
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