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Old 21st November 2012 | 23:22
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B200Drvr
 
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Colombia do not use the FAA system, they use their own ICAO based system. While I cannot comment on that school particularly, I have a friend who went up through the ranks in Colombia from PPL to Avianca. Flying in Colombia is not easy, the terrain and airspace restrictions make aviation very limited, so once qualifying, He will be vying for a handful of jobs with very little experience. There are a fairly large number of PNC and Air-force pilots also vying for those jobs. He would be better served to go somewhere like Florida and do a pro-course that costs about the same, He can obtain a two year visa through the school and get all his ratings including instructors. It is a full time course so in two years He will be back in Colombia with 1500+ hours and on a level playing field for jobs. MTCW
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