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Old 8th Jul 2003, 10:42
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BlenderPilot
 
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I got 2 CPLīs at MFS

10+ years ago I got a CPL/Airplane IFR, ME, and Helicopter CPL at Mazzei Flying Service, I got fair treatment, accomodation was decent, aircraft were OK.

BUT my instructors were really bad, their skill level was very low, this made them nervous pilots who instead of teaching, inspired fear. MFS didnīt really care about the quality of their instructors, there were a couple like Laurie or Nacho who were excellent instructors but you hardly ever flew with them since they did stage checks for a whole bunch of people.

In general when I came out I was completely unprepared for the profesional world.

Unfortunately its a school that hardly if ever goes beyond the very (veeery) minumums required.

Fresno during the fog season in the valley can mean lots of days on the ground, students riding on bikes to school got robbed by gangs back then, but if you come from a civilized city and have never gotten robbed this can give you a cool dinner story.

For fun you can drive to San Francisco, Yosemite, or go to Millerton Lake.

In my very personal opinion I wouldnīt go back.
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