Loss of career instructors!

[EC DKN]

Hi,

I am looking to decide between Airways Flight Training and Pat (Bournemouth) I now that this subject has been post many times here but I would like an update!

I noticed that PAT has lost many instructors in the recent years but meanwhile AFT hasn't lost any! Which school do you think is better currently in terms of FIs?

Thanks!

[paco]

PAT certainly have a good reputation, and there could be very good reasons for the movement. The best thing to do is go and visit them, as you would with any school.

Phil

[EC DKN]

Thanks Paco I will visit both!

[BigGrecian]

Both excellent schools.


They are different but you won't go wrong with either.

[Sword_2]

Went to both a few years back - PAT for the combined CPL/Multi (decided to do the whole course on the Duchess) as I was still pretty green, and then Airways for the IR.
Both were very very good, I had Maddy at PAT and she was great. The things that swung Bournemouth for me were the weather, and the on-site examiners (not sure if this is still the case?)
For Airways I went purely for their instructors - all ace and extremely experienced.
I picked both not on price but on quality, and thought they offered the best products respectively.
Followed up a bit later with an FI course at Western Air in Thruxton which is run by David Scouller, a massively experienced ex-ETPS test pilot! Pretty sure he's still going..