Melb School's?
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Melb School's?
Looking to start my training, I live in Eltham so Essendon is closest.
Who is a better outfit out of Pearsons or Interair?
Rates / Ac / Instructors?
Any Other Places I Should Look At And Why?
Thanks Heaps,
Gaz
Who is a better outfit out of Pearsons or Interair?
Rates / Ac / Instructors?
Any Other Places I Should Look At And Why?
Thanks Heaps,
Gaz
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I've heard conflicting things about pearsons but nothing flash. I dont know anyone who's dealt with interair but never heard anything good about them either. Either make the extra 15 min treck down to MB and look at MFS/MFT/Royal vic/Peter Bini or go to Lilydale. Make sure you speak with the CFI because he gets paid if you fly there or not and wont care if its not for you.
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Don't let your residence dictate your training location.
I know one very experienced ME IFR instructor who also lives in Eltham and guess where he teaches ? Not EN, not LIL, not CEM. He drives all the way to the mecca, MB. Go figure.
I know one very experienced ME IFR instructor who also lives in Eltham and guess where he teaches ? Not EN, not LIL, not CEM. He drives all the way to the mecca, MB. Go figure.
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Hey!
I Dropped into MFS on the weekend very very nice, very welcoming and helpful! Great fleet! 10 planes oldest is only 4 years! only i had a go in only had 600hrs on it!
Very good crew down there! i should of been to YMMB ages ago!!!!!
I Dropped into MFS on the weekend very very nice, very welcoming and helpful! Great fleet! 10 planes oldest is only 4 years! only i had a go in only had 600hrs on it!
Very good crew down there! i should of been to YMMB ages ago!!!!!
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What the heck is going on with MFS' Website.....??
Moorabbin Flying Services
Do a google search and you'll see what I mean.
Moorabbin Flying Services
Do a google search and you'll see what I mean.
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There is a big turn over of Junior instructors so with each new instructor they want you to re-do everything again! I want to find a school at Moorabbin that has a good rating and with an older instructor (a lot older than 22) who isn't chasing the hours to go to a bigger airline company. I thought Lil would have been good as qantas captain of >15000 hrs directed me here but I have been disappointed with the service.
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I had a similiar problem at YLIL several years ago when I was looking for places to do my PPL. Lilydale was very close to home, and seemed convienent but had very junior instructors (at that time) who seemed much more interested in building their own hours rather than actually teaching me to fly. I also remember that they had a policy whereby once you had a PPL (or CPL if I understand correctly) you had to do a 3 hour 'check flight' with one of their instructors every 3 months if you wanted to hire one of their aircraft. C'mon please. Evern one of the instructors told me that that was just money grabbing....
The A/C where cheaper per hour than most you'll find at MB, however the qualitity of training aircraft at MOST MB schools is better, IMHO.
AB
The A/C where cheaper per hour than most you'll find at MB, however the qualitity of training aircraft at MOST MB schools is better, IMHO.
AB
There is a big turn over of Junior instructors so with each new instructor they want you to re-do everything again!
I want to find a school at Moorabbin that has a good rating and with an older instructor (a lot older than 22)
I thought Lil would have been good as qantas captain of >15000 hrs directed me here but I have been disappointed with the service.
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I want to find a school at Moorabbin that has a good rating and with an older instructor (a lot older than 22)
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Perhaps they've changed. This would have been back back in 2007/2008. I actually went in there a few times after I had got my PPL since it was so close to home. I figured that since ther rates where reasonable and it was nearby, what better place to fly. Problem was that asside from their Archer III I was very disappointed with their aircraft, and then this whole check flight thing came up.
I did one to start with, thinking that its fair enough if I'm going to be hiring their aircraft that the know I can fly one, but but then when I went back in several months later (after doing more flying from MB) they told me I was no longer current with them, and would need to do another one. Pigs arse I thought.
Its a shame really, because its such a nice location and has so much potential.
I did one to start with, thinking that its fair enough if I'm going to be hiring their aircraft that the know I can fly one, but but then when I went back in several months later (after doing more flying from MB) they told me I was no longer current with them, and would need to do another one. Pigs arse I thought.
Its a shame really, because its such a nice location and has so much potential.
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Perhaps they've changed. This would have been back back in 2007/2008. I actually went in there a few times after I had got my PPL since it was so close to home. I figured that since ther rates where reasonable and it was nearby, what better place to fly. Problem was that asside from their Archer III I was very disappointed with their aircraft, and then this whole check flight thing came up.
I did one to start with, thinking that its fair enough if I'm going to be hiring their aircraft that the know I can fly one, but but then when I went back in several months later (after doing more flying from MB) they told me I was no longer current with them, and would need to do another one. Pigs arse I thought.
Its a shame really, because its such a nice location and has so much potential.
I did one to start with, thinking that its fair enough if I'm going to be hiring their aircraft that the know I can fly one, but but then when I went back in several months later (after doing more flying from MB) they told me I was no longer current with them, and would need to do another one. Pigs arse I thought.
Its a shame really, because its such a nice location and has so much potential.
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Really? Granted I only flew from the one school whilst doing my PPL at MB, but I didn't realise that most schools had this sort of policy.
I can understand wanting an initial check done of course, regardless of how many hours you've got. That makes sense for the school and insurance. I just would have thought once you had been seen to be compentent by an instructor, you wouldn't have to re-prove your competence each 90 days (assuming of course your maintaining your legal requirments for currency).
After gaining my PPL I flew from that school consistantly 5 or six times a month for 10 months without a check from one of their instructors.
Oh well, maybe I got lucky.
I can understand wanting an initial check done of course, regardless of how many hours you've got. That makes sense for the school and insurance. I just would have thought once you had been seen to be compentent by an instructor, you wouldn't have to re-prove your competence each 90 days (assuming of course your maintaining your legal requirments for currency).
After gaining my PPL I flew from that school consistantly 5 or six times a month for 10 months without a check from one of their instructors.
Oh well, maybe I got lucky.