Its interesting you mention people learning from scratch in a Cirrus, I guess getting as many hours on type as possible makes sense! That said do any schools teach in a Cirrus?
Yes, several flight training programs in universities with aviation schools have acquired fleets of Cirrus SR20 aircraft:
- Western Michigan University
- Purdue University
- Ohio State University
- Lake Superior College
- US Air Force Academy (T-53A variant)
And if you are asking about flight training schools, then there are several Cirrus Training Centers around the world and some of them use an integrated syllabus,
Access to Flight, to prepare student pilots for both a private certificate and an instrument rating at the same time.
The Flight Academy reports that they have trained over 100 student pilots to private pilot certificate in a Cirrus. Zero time to a PPL. Pretty cool.
Cheers
Rick
(Safety liaison for the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association,
and a Cirrus SR22 owner with 3100 hours time-in-type)