Ardmore Flying School vs. CTC Wings Hamilton
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I'd do it NMIT thats a loan that'l get you through with a diploma and CPL MEIR. That's all you need isn't it?
And it can be done at the smaller (not CTC or FS size) flight schools which can be better in a more one on one pilot-instructor basis. Compared to the bigger ones where you're constantly changing instructors and more time is spent reflying lessons so your new instructor knows where you're up to and what your capabilities are. Ultimately costing you extra $$$
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And it can be done at the smaller (not CTC or FS size) flight schools which can be better in a more one on one pilot-instructor basis. Compared to the bigger ones where you're constantly changing instructors and more time is spent reflying lessons so your new instructor knows where you're up to and what your capabilities are. Ultimately costing you extra $$$
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As others have indicated, your (student loan) options are basically:
1. Aero Club and NMIT diploma course (ie. Waikato, BayFlight etc.)
2. "Big" Flying School (CTC, Massey, AFS etc.)
There are pro's and con's to both... and much like the Mac vs. PC, Ford vs. Holden, Coke vs. Pepsi type debates, there are people with very strong views on both sides.
Just remember, opinions are like arseholes... everyone has one!
The best thing you can do, is actually front up and visit the places in questions... talk to current students if possible... get an idea of how the place operates and if it fits your situation.
At the end of the day, even though it is on student loan, it is your money (the government will eventually get its pound of flesh)... so spend it like you actually had to earn it in the first place!
1. Aero Club and NMIT diploma course (ie. Waikato, BayFlight etc.)
2. "Big" Flying School (CTC, Massey, AFS etc.)
There are pro's and con's to both... and much like the Mac vs. PC, Ford vs. Holden, Coke vs. Pepsi type debates, there are people with very strong views on both sides.
Just remember, opinions are like arseholes... everyone has one!
The best thing you can do, is actually front up and visit the places in questions... talk to current students if possible... get an idea of how the place operates and if it fits your situation.
At the end of the day, even though it is on student loan, it is your money (the government will eventually get its pound of flesh)... so spend it like you actually had to earn it in the first place!
on the subject of class vs steamgauge training, lets look at the reality of it all.
no employer is going to hire a new guy right out of flightschool and throw him into a nice flash plane fitted with a G1000, your first job plane will be a old airframe with a panel sporting a number of 'US' stickers, because hey, everyone starts at the bottom of the ****heap, where the **** planes reside because those companies cannot afford to put in that much money when something that has worked since the 30s does the same job.
steam gauge also teaches you to use that thing called a map, which has no batteries, no suction and is not prone to making young boys press all the fancy buttons to make the pretty lights flash when they should be looking outside for other planes pretty lights.
in effect, steamgauge teaches skills that glass wont.
ignore all the schools that throw out testimonials like 'i stepped out of massey and into a 747 with me DA42 rating' because to put it simply, its bull**** for 99.6% of new pilots.
go for the school which has good links with local companies, the kind of companies that take people out of that school. stewart island flights is a brilliant example.
they will recruit an instructor or even a good CPL from southern wings over a outsider as the SW pilot knows the area, stewart island and local procedures. the pilots from that company then tend to end up in eagle or air nelson with twin and IFR time to boot.
Queenstown aero club supplies the Queenstown horde with pilots is another brilliant example.
there will be similar arrangments all over the country, go door knocking (not ringing) and ask them, it doesnt hurt to ask.
*disclaimer: testimoniol not fact but it gets the point across
no employer is going to hire a new guy right out of flightschool and throw him into a nice flash plane fitted with a G1000, your first job plane will be a old airframe with a panel sporting a number of 'US' stickers, because hey, everyone starts at the bottom of the ****heap, where the **** planes reside because those companies cannot afford to put in that much money when something that has worked since the 30s does the same job.
steam gauge also teaches you to use that thing called a map, which has no batteries, no suction and is not prone to making young boys press all the fancy buttons to make the pretty lights flash when they should be looking outside for other planes pretty lights.
in effect, steamgauge teaches skills that glass wont.
ignore all the schools that throw out testimonials like 'i stepped out of massey and into a 747 with me DA42 rating' because to put it simply, its bull**** for 99.6% of new pilots.
go for the school which has good links with local companies, the kind of companies that take people out of that school. stewart island flights is a brilliant example.
they will recruit an instructor or even a good CPL from southern wings over a outsider as the SW pilot knows the area, stewart island and local procedures. the pilots from that company then tend to end up in eagle or air nelson with twin and IFR time to boot.
Queenstown aero club supplies the Queenstown horde with pilots is another brilliant example.
there will be similar arrangments all over the country, go door knocking (not ringing) and ask them, it doesnt hurt to ask.
*disclaimer: testimoniol not fact but it gets the point across
