NZQA qualified flight schools, Ardmore

[Rhodesia77]

Bean152986

Eagle Flight Training was also very helpful. Their course costs are abit lower than the others, they have 3 full time A Cats and a B Cat which they said can easily be booked.

3 full time 'A' Cats 1- Full time A Cat, currently the 'acting' CFI
2- The 2nd is a Part-Timer, at best who will cancel your booking at the drop of a hat due to other flying contracts
3- The 3rd ceased to hold a current Pilots License more than 20 yrs ago


mattyj

What a load of c#$p! Its not that they can't accomodate you, they won't accomodate you.

Actually sir, having just spoken to a MEIR student from AFS there was a waiting period of 3 months......business must be good me thinks.

JAMUP

AAC still has SMI on-line but she's in for a service so I'd head in and have a chat, that said they do have use of a Partbanana with instructor. a nice bit of kit to fly and it's a 6 seater.

There's no G1000 at the AAC though.

Bean152986

It's a bloody minefield out there, and I'm going to stick my neck out here by saying, read the cold, hard facts re: Eagle surely that will knock one of the contenders out of the race for your cash.

Good Luck

[sgenie]

Airline Flying Club

I agree wholeheartedly with LocoDriver - AFC is a school to go! Very professional instructors, great selection of airplanes and, very important - all the planes are kept in a good order!

[BurntheBlue]

There's no G1000 at the AAC though

JRE was there for a bit... I know it doesn't belong to the club but is it not available to the general Public?

[NZFlyingKiwi]

JRE was there for a bit... I know it doesn't belong to the club but is it not available to the general Public?

No, not at the moment.

[in ictus nos fides]

mattyj

What a load of c#$p! Its not that they can't accomodate you, they won't accomodate you.

AFS don't accommodate people outside of their course, exaclty the same way that CTC, Massey etc etc don't. They run a full time course and its tight with bookings as it is. I'm sure they wouldn't turn away business, if they had the space to take it on.

I agree wholeheartedly with LocoDriver - AFC is a school to go! Very professional instructors, great selection of airplanes and, very important - all the planes are kept in a good order!

Also they dont have NZQA, which it appears is a requirement for bean152986...

[JAMUP]

thankx

seems like sad news from Ardmore.
Anyway Iam still waiting for some positive news

Thnks all for the info

[What time is ECT?]

Correct information about Cessna 152's at Walsh

Hello "in ictus nos fides". Not sure where you got your information from regarding "serious" maintenance errors. Two of the aircraft that were sent ran out of hours due to the extensive flying done by the school (this is a good problem to have). One had a starter meltdown that was NOT the result of a maintenance error, in fact,

Cessna Solenoids

has an extensive explanation on why a lot of Cessna's are having the same problem. I personally flew the aircraft back to Ardmore for repair.

[in ictus nos fides]

ECT:
My apologies, the information passed on was incorrect. Running out of hours is indeed a good problem for any flying organisation.

[c100driver]

LocoDriver

I am biased too.

Clubs produce good instructors.....leave sausage factories to produce sausages.
I Met a B Cat from one flying school , who had 2 thousand hours, and ONE type rating, a Cessna 172! Gee whiz, great variety of experience there.!

Airline Flying Club are training several C Cats at the moment, they are an organisation that is growing quite well, must be doing something right.
Make sure you do the rounds, compare all the prices and promises, its your hard earned cash.........

You would not happen to be the Kiwirail train driver and CFI of Airline Flying Club would you, so more than a little biased toward the place?

[Konev]

there are other schools outside of auckland that offer NZQA.

shop around you might not like the idea of moving out of auckland but it could be in your favour to do it.

and just a bit to derail the thread a tad, which GA operator in NZ that takes fresh students and CCATs has a full G1000 fleet?

yet to see one.

[LocoDriver]

Hello C100 Driver

No, I am not, and never have been a Kiwirail Train driver??

dont know where you got that from?

I am a flying instructor, very biased towards clubs, rather than flying schools.

A lot of instructors would be biased the other way.

cheers

[dudduddud]

Psalms 31:18

Don't worry, we had the Club Captain of the AAC on here a while ago boosting the place pretending to be an unbiased student.

[BurntheBlue]

Psalm 31:18

"Let their lying lips be silenced,
for with pride and contempt
they speak arrogantly against the righteous."

Classic mate

But i wonder, who are "the righteous" in this instance?

[BurntheBlue]

The fact of the matter is that, like anything, you only get out what you put in.

This is true, unlike your facts and stats.

...but to do a tail-wheel you will need to go to Eagle....AFC has 152s if that's your bent.

So in danger of appearing like a nit-picking old hag....

Thats all well and good, if indeed Eagle had a taildragger (need to go down the road for that, try "http://www.flythecub.net/")
Also, the tidiest 152 on the airfield belongs to AAC, good ol' FLF.

Look, I don't have anything to do with AAC, I just rate the place and if PPRuNe is to be of any help it needs to be accurate.

[NZFlyingKiwi]

Also, AAC do actually have a Citabria available to them if you're keen on tailwheel flying. Not to take away from the Cub though, BTU is a lot of fun too.

[Advisor]

DONT DO IT!!

Stay well clear of Ardmore Flying School...Best advice anybody could give anyone considering a piloting career! The place is highly unprofessional, Take your money elsewhere.

[AceBase]

Southern Wings or Ardmore Flying School

Hi All

Just starting out and looking at training options at Ardmore in Auckland.

Appreciate any current feedback positive or negative on either Southern Wings or Ardmore Flying School. Is an Air NZ partner FTO a plus?

[27/09]

Just starting out and looking at training options at Ardmore in Auckland.

Appreciate any current feedback positive or negative on either Southern Wings or Ardmore Flying School. Is an Air NZ partner FTO a plus?

Of those two I'd say Southern Wings.

Air New Zealand FTO partner a plus? Yes and No.

I wouldn't restrict your options to Ardmore, I'd look south east and north from there too.

[nijo]

Wouldn't touch AFS with a 10 foot pole! Massive waits between stages for no reason, found it really unprofessional, and dealing with management was like banging my head against a wall saying that, some of the instructors are pretty good though


Think they may be having some problems, they have just grounded half of their fleet.

[Mad Dogs]

Stay away from ARDMORE FLYING SCHOOL! Had the same problem big waits as aircraft always grounded or in maintenance. Lots of rumours sounds like biz isn't going too well.