Johnstons Aviation Training

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

I did my Commercial, NVFR and ME instrument rating with them ten odd years ago, from time to time drop in there to say hello.

They offer a very friendly and personal service, the house ( on Koala Close ? ) is great accom.

If you go there and not put the work in, it will not be a nice experience for you, they train to a very good standard.

Within two weeks of finishing my CPL i got myself a job through a Chief Pilot in Kununurra that they knew and fowarded my resume to. A trend that i continued as a Chief Pilot.

They have a solid base of knowledge and experienced base of instructors ( plus a green one or two ).

Jamie makes you drink far tooooooo much on Saturday nights and Anne is great value.

Watch out for the dudes wife next door, isn't that right Pete ?.

All in all a great experience and really nice people, note: they do not suffer fools very well, but who does ?.

[TINTIN25]

Sounds good that Johnston Aviation are commited to getting you through your training in a timely manner. I am doing my instructor rating through a charter company/small airline and it was the biggest mistake I made. I doubt I will finish before christmas!

Never ending delays as they pull their instructors off flying training to fly their charters and RPT operations all the time. Only consolation is I might get some work out of them eventually but like most things in aviation you never know what will happen!

[tnuc]

J.A.S - Johnston Aviation Services or Just Another Scam ?

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

Tnuc, you are a jaded LAME/AME, why ?.

Perhaps you should be more mindful of the four qualifying criteria for defamation, you know the Libel bit.

I can post ( written ) that i think you have sex with chickens, that is ok, but if I was to state you are a chicken fornicator ( as a fact ) is untrue ( i assume ) , is classed as defamation ( Libel in this case ).

Stateing JAS is a scam, well i have a CME-IR, NVFR and CPL sticker in my logbook that quite clearly proves they are not.

[jsamuel79]

I've heard excellent things about Johnstons (Coastal) in Port Maquarie
and Ad Astral in perth where many of my mates have gone.
I've also been looking at Air South operating out of Adelaide. Does anybody have any reviews on them?

[Aussie]

Mate, ive heard great things about AIR SOUTH, however they offer a similar product to Johnstons and at a much higher cost.


Aussie

[Wilcome]

Air south

Air south quote around $16 500 for initial twin MECIR, opposed to Johnstons $15 000.

[TINTIN25]

Air South

"quote" Air south quote around $16 500 for initial twin MECIR

Now after spending all that money do they help you out with any ICUS or job contacts or is it a case of congratulations and Good bye

[PlankBlender]

MECIR hours with charter

Hey maverick et al, can you offer advice how to go about getting charter work to get ME PIC hours? Sounds like a great plan to me, but is there work out there for 150-odd hour pilots?

I have a PPL at the moment, working on my CPL and wanting to attack the MECIR next..

[maverick18]

plankbender

from my experiences with 150 hrs there will be no operator who will give you multi engine command hours, you sure will get single engine command like in a 206/210/airvan which is what i reckon you do, aim for a company which has twins and then the progression will be quick, espically these days..you can always pay for you multi experience through ICUS but SE command still adds up to command and gives you an appriciation for the other side of life cause when you become a multi pilot attitudes change and your **** seems not to smell anymore...thats my impression of multi pilots, some are good, most have no airmanship towards single pilots, even though most were there not too long ago.

mate you never know, i multi job may be offered to you and congrats if you can get it.

[pointyendforward]

My two cents worth: I needed a company who could do me a MECIR in the shortest possible time, with the shortest possible notice, and with the least cost. JAS was, at the time, the best option for me. I completed the IREX, initial multi and mecir in four weeks. The local training organisations (in NZ) quoted me six-nine+ months for all that! I found the training at JAS to be first rate, the aircraft were more than satisfactory for the task (everything worked. Who needs a new roll royce for training in anyway?), and the owners / instructors were all a great bunch of guys and girls. My first multi ifr job was on a reims 406 (single pilot, 220kts) and I felt comfortable transitioning into that environment with the training I received at JAS. As for job placement guidance; I didn't seek any but I know Jamie has loads of contacts and so if you are a good student he will do his best to help (bare in mind that JAS has something like 50 mecir students pass through every year so he may not be able to help everyone out straight away . Three years on I still keep in touch with them.

[PlankBlender]

cost

PointyEnd, what was the cost of that four week endeavour?

Thanks for sharing