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Hi everyone,
Does someone of you have experience with Best Fly Kft, an hungarian ATO in Kalocsa?
I am planning to do the CPL/IR/MEP there, I already visited the school and it's quite basic but seems a great deal for that price, however I was looking for some feedbacks from other students since I can't find much online.
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Does someone of you have experience with Best Fly Kft, an hungarian ATO in Kalocsa?
I am planning to do the CPL/IR/MEP there, I already visited the school and it's quite basic but seems a great deal for that price, however I was looking for some feedbacks from other students since I can't find much online.
Thanks
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Hello!
I have some friends who took their FI-rating at Best fly not too long ago. They're really satisfied.
Quite extraordinary that the hangar is located at an old soviet airbase..
Everything is very primitive, but the aircraft safety-standard is fine.
They were flying for at least 4 hours a day.
I would say go for it, it will save you a lot of money and the instructors are nice.
- This is what they have told me about their experience at Best Fly, I haven't been there myself.
However be aware, not all airlines appreciate candidates who underwent the training at some random cheap flight school in a corrupt country like Hungary. Especially if you're a modular student pilot. Just saying.
There are a lot of shady flight schools in Hungary, so think twice before applying to any school.. You might save money, but safety is more important than anything..
Most importantly is what you think, considering you've been there.
I have some friends who took their FI-rating at Best fly not too long ago. They're really satisfied.
Quite extraordinary that the hangar is located at an old soviet airbase..
Everything is very primitive, but the aircraft safety-standard is fine.They were flying for at least 4 hours a day.
I would say go for it, it will save you a lot of money and the instructors are nice.
- This is what they have told me about their experience at Best Fly, I haven't been there myself.
However be aware, not all airlines appreciate candidates who underwent the training at some random cheap flight school in a corrupt country like Hungary. Especially if you're a modular student pilot. Just saying.
There are a lot of shady flight schools in Hungary, so think twice before applying to any school.. You might save money, but safety is more important than anything..
Most importantly is what you think, considering you've been there.
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Hi everyone,
Does someone of you have experience with Best Fly Kft, an hungarian ATO in Kalocsa?
I am planning to do the CPL/IR/MEP there, I already visited the school and it's quite basic but seems a great deal for that price, however I was looking for some feedbacks from other students since I can't find much online.
Thanks
Does someone of you have experience with Best Fly Kft, an hungarian ATO in Kalocsa?
I am planning to do the CPL/IR/MEP there, I already visited the school and it's quite basic but seems a great deal for that price, however I was looking for some feedbacks from other students since I can't find much online.
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I did 40hrs hour building there and I was satisfied with them. It took me 8 days to complete as I was flying almost the limit per day with one rest day. Accommodation was 15eur per day. I paid 120eur per hour including safety pilot on the C172.
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It definitely is a very rural and basic flight school, but it's also worth the price in my opinion.
I previously flew and studied in a good flight school in Western Europe, so keep in mind I was used to high standards.
I'll list some pros and cons of my experience with BestFly.
Pros:
- Instructors have a lot of available time to fly, therefore you'll be able to finish the training in a relatively short time.
- Most of them are kind and helpful, and they provide a decent quality of training.
- They have quite a large fleet, consisting of 2 PA44-180T Seminole, 3 C172s and several others C152s.
- After taking an exam, the CAA where I got my license requires a lot of extra documents, not required by the Hungarian one. They were able to provide all of them quickly.
- They offer long term accommodations few kilometers away from the airport, exactly in the city center. Good prices, the apartments are nice, comfortable and well furnished.
- Most of the time the instructors will give you a lift from the accommodation to the airport.
They also provide few bicycles on request.
- Overall prices.
Not closely related to the flight school itself, but few other things I liked where:
- The Hungarian CAA, really efficient and great availability of examiners.
- There are several grass airstrips around Kalocsa. It was fun and challenging to operate there in windy conditions.
And now the negative points:
- Even if the general conditions of the planes were alright, they were pretty dirty, dusty, and with old avionics. For example, all the C152s (except one) only had a Mode-A transponder. Therefore you weren't allowed to fly in controlled airspace.
Also, don't expect a G1000 on the C172s. Two of them were only equipped with the G650, the third one with a G750Xi.
- There are no real SOPs. Just non written rules that differ even among the instructors.
- It's not airline-oriented.
- They will not allow you to fly outside of the national borders.
- Unfortunately, few instructors aren't that great and lack in knowledge (especially about GPS navigation and new technologies).
- After a while I got tired of flying there. I flew my first 100 hours in a pretty complex airspace, with a lot of traffic around and most of the time flying through large international airports, across the sea or around 10000ft high mountains. While Hungary might be an amazing country, sometimes I found it a bit boring flying there. Just an endless plain with few medium airports and a lot of small airstrips.
I tried to compare the experiences, newly acquired skills and knowledge with other close friends who studied in another well known flight school in Warsaw.
Came out that their training wasn't much better than mine.
Therefore I'm quite happy about my experience with BestFly. It's definitely not the best flight school around, but they always gave me what I asked and paid for. A lot could be easily improved and corrected, but again, can't complain for that price.
Hope someone will find this feedback useful!
I previously flew and studied in a good flight school in Western Europe, so keep in mind I was used to high standards.
I'll list some pros and cons of my experience with BestFly.
Pros:
- Instructors have a lot of available time to fly, therefore you'll be able to finish the training in a relatively short time.
- Most of them are kind and helpful, and they provide a decent quality of training.
- They have quite a large fleet, consisting of 2 PA44-180T Seminole, 3 C172s and several others C152s.
- After taking an exam, the CAA where I got my license requires a lot of extra documents, not required by the Hungarian one. They were able to provide all of them quickly.
- They offer long term accommodations few kilometers away from the airport, exactly in the city center. Good prices, the apartments are nice, comfortable and well furnished.
- Most of the time the instructors will give you a lift from the accommodation to the airport.
They also provide few bicycles on request.
- Overall prices.
Not closely related to the flight school itself, but few other things I liked where:
- The Hungarian CAA, really efficient and great availability of examiners.
- There are several grass airstrips around Kalocsa. It was fun and challenging to operate there in windy conditions.
And now the negative points:
- Even if the general conditions of the planes were alright, they were pretty dirty, dusty, and with old avionics. For example, all the C152s (except one) only had a Mode-A transponder. Therefore you weren't allowed to fly in controlled airspace.
Also, don't expect a G1000 on the C172s. Two of them were only equipped with the G650, the third one with a G750Xi.
- There are no real SOPs. Just non written rules that differ even among the instructors.
- It's not airline-oriented.
- They will not allow you to fly outside of the national borders.
- Unfortunately, few instructors aren't that great and lack in knowledge (especially about GPS navigation and new technologies).
- After a while I got tired of flying there. I flew my first 100 hours in a pretty complex airspace, with a lot of traffic around and most of the time flying through large international airports, across the sea or around 10000ft high mountains. While Hungary might be an amazing country, sometimes I found it a bit boring flying there. Just an endless plain with few medium airports and a lot of small airstrips.
I tried to compare the experiences, newly acquired skills and knowledge with other close friends who studied in another well known flight school in Warsaw.
Came out that their training wasn't much better than mine.
Therefore I'm quite happy about my experience with BestFly. It's definitely not the best flight school around, but they always gave me what I asked and paid for. A lot could be easily improved and corrected, but again, can't complain for that price.
Hope someone will find this feedback useful!
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Schools/ATO/Flight Schools in Hungary
Greetings to all users of the forum,
I hope that someone knows something about pilot schools in Hungary, their experiences with passing the ATPL exam, flying and obtaining a CPL / ATPL license. Due to the fact that due to world events, the increase in prices on the market had a lot of influence, aviation was not spared. Of course, each of us would like to receive the best possible training at a reasonable price. It would be important to me if someone had more information about schooling in Hungary, whether it is necessary to attend classes, whether there is anything online, etc...Thank you
I hope that someone knows something about pilot schools in Hungary, their experiences with passing the ATPL exam, flying and obtaining a CPL / ATPL license. Due to the fact that due to world events, the increase in prices on the market had a lot of influence, aviation was not spared. Of course, each of us would like to receive the best possible training at a reasonable price. It would be important to me if someone had more information about schooling in Hungary, whether it is necessary to attend classes, whether there is anything online, etc...Thank you
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Hi Bernouli, for all your questions there's answer, it would be nice if U can be more precise what you want ,than someone can post exactly some known info ...
For example , there's several ATO / Schools in Hungary to obtain pilot license ,and of course prices vary . But more or less price does not play so much roll if you search for specific option suitable for you. Let's start with ATPL Theory , more or less price is the same between schools, but, do you want classic room classes or online classes with self study ?
For example , there's several ATO / Schools in Hungary to obtain pilot license ,and of course prices vary . But more or less price does not play so much roll if you search for specific option suitable for you. Let's start with ATPL Theory , more or less price is the same between schools, but, do you want classic room classes or online classes with self study ?
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Hi,thank you for your reply! Honestly, I'm more interested in online ATPL theory, because I would have more time to devote myself to studying, and with all that, I'm working, so going to the classroom would be a bigger "burden" for me.
Although there is no difference because it is a modular course, I would also take advantage of the opportunity of online teaching. I don't know for now how the exams work in Hungary, but i assume that each country has its own rules for taking the ATPL exam. I looked on the internet and found several schools, in general all the offers are similar, but during the search one stands out and has excellent reviews. I don't know if it's a good idea to post a link here so I don't break the forum rules...?
Although there is no difference because it is a modular course, I would also take advantage of the opportunity of online teaching. I don't know for now how the exams work in Hungary, but i assume that each country has its own rules for taking the ATPL exam. I looked on the internet and found several schools, in general all the offers are similar, but during the search one stands out and has excellent reviews. I don't know if it's a good idea to post a link here so I don't break the forum rules...?
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Write and you will see, if you break the rules ,moderators will delete your link. But, here is the place to share info and for other people to help everyone in need... In my case, i know other places than Hungary for 100% online theory ,works pretty well as i know from my colleagues... Give us the link and let us check
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So, it's about this www.easy-pilot.com/atpl-theory . and there is some other links for conversion... http://www.easy-pilot.com/convert-to...exam-in-europe
As i saw, few places are available to cooperate with this school at distance learning system ( 100% online ) , as far i hear and red , lot of them are satisfied clients which is good
As i saw, few places are available to cooperate with this school at distance learning system ( 100% online ) , as far i hear and red , lot of them are satisfied clients which is good
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Oh yes, I know about this company, just wasn't sure you were talking about it. Known because of colleagues who did this https://www.easy-pilot.com/convert-to-easa#southafrica , and among other things, i also attended one from their programs. If you go to them, a pleasant surprise and really excellent service. The team is really correct, you won't go wrong
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Does anybody have any updates on Bestfly? I just finished a call with their CFI, their 0 to ATPL course has a minimum cost of 36,000 euro. They have 5 Cessna 152s, 5 Cessna 172s, and 2 other multiengined aircraft. They told me that around half of the students are able to pass the course and claim that the European airlines will hire pilots as first officers right out of training. If anyone has been through this school (or any similar Eastern European school) and was able to find easy employment then please share your experience. Hours seem pretty cheap, with the 152 and 172 the cost is 110 euro.
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Hungarian Flight Schools.
Good day. I'm new here and am hoping to be able to find some advice as I follow my lifetime dream of becoming a pilot. I've been looking into 0 to ATPL flight training in eastern Europe and Hungary seems like the best country to train in. Does anybody have any experience with a 0 to ATPL course in the region and can steer me to a good flight school?
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ATPL in Hungary
Hey everyone! Sorry if I post this question in wrong thread. But I saw this question about ATPL in Hungary. For how long ATPL is valid in Hungary? I would like to get CPL as well, but I know I won't be able to do it all at once (it's a good chunk of money) so I just want to know how much time do I have after getting ATPL. Thank you for help!
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Does anybody have any updates on Bestfly? I just finished a call with their CFI, their 0 to ATPL course has a minimum cost of 36,000 euro. They have 5 Cessna 152s, 5 Cessna 172s, and 2 other multiengined aircraft. They told me that around half of the students are able to pass the course and claim that the European airlines will hire pilots as first officers right out of training. If anyone has been through this school (or any similar Eastern European school) and was able to find easy employment then please share your experience. Hours seem pretty cheap, with the 152 and 172 the cost is 110 euro.
Also regarding the weather during winter in Hungary, I heard winters are quite mild the past few years which means good flight weather??
How is the availability of instructors?Are there hidden cost like they want the students to take extra hours or keep delaying the training?
Thank you in advance!
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I am also interested. Planning to start a PPL there. If anyone has experience with them please share with me.
Also regarding the weather during winter in Hungary, I heard winters are quite mild the past few years which means good flight weather??
How is the availability of instructors?Are there hidden cost like they want the students to take extra hours or keep delaying the training?
Thank you in advance!
Also regarding the weather during winter in Hungary, I heard winters are quite mild the past few years which means good flight weather??
How is the availability of instructors?Are there hidden cost like they want the students to take extra hours or keep delaying the training?
Thank you in advance!
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I am also interested. Planning to start a PPL there. If anyone has experience with them please share with me.
Also regarding the weather during winter in Hungary, I heard winters are quite mild the past few years which means good flight weather??
How is the availability of instructors?Are there hidden cost like they want the students to take extra hours or keep delaying the training?
Thank you in advance!
Also regarding the weather during winter in Hungary, I heard winters are quite mild the past few years which means good flight weather??
How is the availability of instructors?Are there hidden cost like they want the students to take extra hours or keep delaying the training?
Thank you in advance!
Been with Best Fly for my ME/IR skill tests and A-UPRT certificate. Can confirm everything said above: great school for the price.
I flew in late Oct and in Dec, the weather is definitely better than in most neighboring countries. It's been kind of windy there, especially when flying closer to Pecs, so it might be a challenge for a PPL cadet.
Even though the school is "rural", it still delivers. They'll manage everything to be as effective as possible in terms of scheduling, or at least that's what they did for me.
The planes are quite old, but I've seen worse. The maintenance is alright.
There were no hidden costs whatsoever, and I was quite surprised by that - it is almost a common practice for ATOs today.
The town is small but quite rich for its size, there are decent restaurants, banks, even museum I think. People are friendly and will try to understand English.
I walked everywhere, but it did take a lot of time. They said they provide bikes for long-term cadets. If you can rent a car in BUD, you should probably do it.
To sum it up, Best Fly is like an AK rifle: user-friendly, reliable, and inexpensive. Fancy, cutting-edge? No. Gets the job done? Yes.
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Hi,
Been with Best Fly for my ME/IR skill tests and A-UPRT certificate. Can confirm everything said above: great school for the price.
I flew in late Oct and in Dec, the weather is definitely better than in most neighboring countries. It's been kind of windy there, especially when flying closer to Pecs, so it might be a challenge for a PPL cadet.
Even though the school is "rural", it still delivers. They'll manage everything to be as effective as possible in terms of scheduling, or at least that's what they did for me.
The planes are quite old, but I've seen worse. The maintenance is alright.
There were no hidden costs whatsoever, and I was quite surprised by that - it is almost a common practice for ATOs today.
The town is small but quite rich for its size, there are decent restaurants, banks, even museum I think. People are friendly and will try to understand English.
I walked everywhere, but it did take a lot of time. They said they provide bikes for long-term cadets. If you can rent a car in BUD, you should probably do it.
To sum it up, Best Fly is like an AK rifle: user-friendly, reliable, and inexpensive. Fancy, cutting-edge? No. Gets the job done? Yes.
Been with Best Fly for my ME/IR skill tests and A-UPRT certificate. Can confirm everything said above: great school for the price.
I flew in late Oct and in Dec, the weather is definitely better than in most neighboring countries. It's been kind of windy there, especially when flying closer to Pecs, so it might be a challenge for a PPL cadet.
Even though the school is "rural", it still delivers. They'll manage everything to be as effective as possible in terms of scheduling, or at least that's what they did for me.
The planes are quite old, but I've seen worse. The maintenance is alright.
There were no hidden costs whatsoever, and I was quite surprised by that - it is almost a common practice for ATOs today.
The town is small but quite rich for its size, there are decent restaurants, banks, even museum I think. People are friendly and will try to understand English.
I walked everywhere, but it did take a lot of time. They said they provide bikes for long-term cadets. If you can rent a car in BUD, you should probably do it.
To sum it up, Best Fly is like an AK rifle: user-friendly, reliable, and inexpensive. Fancy, cutting-edge? No. Gets the job done? Yes.
Hi! do you know if they had the CPL/MEP-IR program? I only see the SEP-IR and then the conversion to MEP-IR. I want to do the CPL/MEP-IR so that I can ditch the SEP-IR test