Cat3C Autoland is pretty accurate in his description of Pan Am. Been there, done that got the Tee-shirt etc. Comments about the CAA qualified guys are very accurate, so no problem there. Only adverse comment is that, and this is purely a personal view, that the Pan Am Deer Valley set up will eventually become the hub for Pan Am's Flight training . Not that there is anything wrong with the Fort Pierce set up it just that the geographic location of Arizona vs Florida becomes a no contest issue regarding primary flight training, Lufthansa are there, so are Sabena, Embry-Riddle, UND Aerospace (who co-incidentally are as big as Flight Safety in CPL FT) and I'm sure someone will point out more. The scenery and the flying challenges (desert, forest, mountains lakes, vast distances make VFR navigation interesting compared with - Ocean W/E, circumnavigating Okachobee and other various lakes, swamps and orange groves with a flatness that seems unending). This may appeal to some people, but as an instructor I cannot acclaim the environment of Arizona enough for the conduct of VFR flight training as well as the allure of seeing these attractions from the ground as well as from the air. It is something else to do a touch and go at Sedona - it's like landing on an aircraft carrier deck, surrounded by stunning scenery, taking off at Prescott at 5000 and leaning out the mixture to peak and still struggling with climb performance after take-off. This is a real learning environment for the VFR part of flight training.
The Pan Am Deer Valley set-up has pretty much all what the Fort Pierce arrange has and much more aircraft. Watch this space so they say and see where Pan Am's locus of focus is in a couple of years, if I'm wrong I'll be surprised.
Why do we Brits have this love affair with Florida for flying training? I'd say that Arizona has to be the place to learn to fly in in the future!