South african flight training academy-reputation:

[red gaint]

could someone shed some light on this school. How is its reputation? What are the pros & cons by training over there?

Many thanks

[VS -1500 fpm]

It is a very good school, know the owner very well and had a few dealings with them and they came across as very professional. I know they just had a contract with SA Express to train the cadets on the King Air 200, sim and aircraft. Rand airport is nice for training, not to many IFR traffic. You must also have a look at a school on Springs Airfield, Aviator Training Academy-Very professional outfit. New owners.

[Der absolute Hammer]

FAGM.
Perhaps not much IFR flights but difficulty comes because of ORTIA nearness.
(Oliver Reginald Tambo International Airport)?????Little jumped up terrorist -not the great man and SA patriot as Jan Smuts!

FAGM........
South of Johannesburg.

Rwy 35/17.
Rwy 11/29.

Rwy 35/17.

Rwy 35 is not a good rwy for EFATO. Mine dumps are not good for landing. You best not fly night circuits on 35.
Germiston race course is not the very practical place to land. Only left hand circuits.
Rwy. 17. Not much used? Noise abatement problems over swimming pools of poor and not famous.

Rwy 11. Not much used. Puts you in to FAJS circuit unless you know what you are doing?
Rwy 29. Fine. Left hand circuits.

Have been reports on Pprune about volume of circuit traffic proofing to much for ATC..Is that true? Do a search?

Horrid place to get to, terrible traffic. Okay if you live on cite. TAC still going at d/w end 29? then Sunday afternoons is fine.

Seneca 1 @ 5,400 ft at 28+C? Okaaay. Maybe cheap?

But....all that read...I think you must go there and talk with them. What you want to do, PPL, Com? IR training? - That's perhaps difficult at Rand, I don't know but no ILS and check if FAJS gets in the patterns way.. If you want complete seminar type live in perhaps it works for you. You are no more trapped there without transport than you are anywhere else on reef. Big advantage..GFA is near..and FAGM is easy to find in the pollution of inversion layer.
It is a few years since last flew there. The information is possible old stuff. As for school..know nothing say nothing.

[red gaint]

i planned to do ab-initio professional pilot course over there.....the school seems to gaurentee 1000hrs flight time over completion of this course..

[Der absolute Hammer]

That means that you become a Grade III Instructor with them and they hire you to fly as instructor?
1000hrs instruction is a long time to get especially if all instructors paid by the hour they fly - they compeet for hours.

[fbartonik]

Hi VS

Could you direct me to the contact details for Aviator Training Academy? I can't seem to find their website

Thanks

FB