Half Penny Green Flying School
I did my PPL at Half Penny Green Flight Centre that went bust & is now basically the Flight Academy. They claim it's a different business but same instructors & same style of business. Multi instructors while doing your PPL, I had over 10, they almost never cancel a lesson due to bad weather, you will be doing constant bad weather circuits. I almost gave up the PPL course a few times because of the poor service I was getting. By luck a decent part time instructor came along towards the end & I finished the PPL with him.
At the time I knew nothing about flying, I now know I was being ripped off left right & centre. Even after I finished the PPL they forced all students to convert to a DA40 from PA28 at 8 - 10 hours conversion & after about 6 months the DA40 was repossessed so everyone had to revert back to a PA28. I notice only this week The Flight Academy have changed their Cirrus SR20 to DA40 , I guess a few people will now be doing unneeded conversions again.
After they went bust I changed to the Flying School Ltd at Half Penny Green (01384 221700) for renting there PA 28, I quickly realised how bad the Flight Centre \ Flight Academy is run. I have since done my IMC with the Flying School Ltd & I am very impressed with them. The aircraft are in excellent condition, The lessons \ Slots are on time, No upfront fees & generally a very well run small business not out to rip people off.
If you are looking to do a PPL in West Midlands then you won't get better than the Flying School Ltd.