Flight schools Florida- My views (FlyOFT)
 

Well i arrived there for some hour building and a rating this year and what can i say?

Well to start off with...

People on here always say "oh you can move schools if you don't like them"

Which is all well and good but when it came the time for me who was frustrated with flyoft to change schools they say oh well we keep 25% of what money you have given us.

Note: you have to pay all upfront which they tell you once you have arrived.

Do not go for the cessna 150/152s, I overheard the tower on several occasions - moaning at the students in a positive way that the mechanics should have fixed that engine yesterday and not to send it up again, that was twice while i was flying, then you have the radio failures that they just say "well they weren't using it properly" and they just put something in the mx log so they don't have to do it.

Oh JP well he's a car salesman after 1 thing and doesn't tell you where the savings can be made.

On a Positive note:

Morag : Brilliant person - she got stressed because of the way things were run and has sadly left there.

Denise : lovely

And all the others eg. instructors were great

Try Flight safety, even though they don't do JAA

Saya a lot about Cabair who are partners with OFT.

Orlando Flight Training in july
 

Is there someone to the OFT for PRO-PILOT COURSE (JAA) that will begins in July?

Someone knows about OFT Housing?

Thank's and Bye

big NONO
 

my advice would be to stay away from ANY Jaa Atpl Groundschool in the states...........:=

with so many options to do it in Europe and the prices being pretty much the same, I dont see any reason to go to a different continent with inferior training and risking being stuck up s**t creek without a paddle.....

just a thought

I did the aptl's twice, first with cabair residentail, got totaly confused had no clue and pulled out half way through.

tried again 2 years later with London Met, great teachers great class but from inside knowage of someone ahead of me in the course they said use the online bristol question bank in the evening and pay attention in class

I recon without any class work just doing the online bristol I would still have passed as easyly as I did 2nd time round, bristol is gospal!

3rd, atpl's at OFT, hmmmm,,, would rather slam my co*k in a car door than do that, I spend 2years there and in all fairness from MY! expericance which can be different to others, they dont know there arse from there elbow, and are just a cash monster looking to dry your bank account out before you leave, if you get your ratings then its just a bonus.

I would rather tear my passport up than do the atpls there, just think how many schools there are in the UK that are still perfecting there atpl ground school and have been at it many many years, no way after 6months thee set up for it,, no way no how!

Cpt. Relax,
my arguments are reading these posts here about OFT and myself having attended the OTHER legendary Groundschool in Florida......:{

I am not saying that all Groundschools in Europe are good, there are most likely some really crappy ones over here too, but when you are in your own country or at least an EU state, getting completely screwed is less likely. Also, you have more options to get out compared to the US where you have to leave your balls in a basket before they let you pass through customs.........:ouch: Your "JAA UK approved flightschool" is fully aware of this...;)

Hello,

for those going there for the CPL conversion course (FAA ---> JAA) just stay away because they don't have instructors the only one available JAA is always busy, so if you don't want to waste your time & money look elsewhere.

The school by itself is good, people very nice generally speaking and don't need to talk about MOREG :mad: , maintenance is good and the guys doing it are very cool, but you are supposed to be trained by a JAA instructor not a FAA as good as he can be he's not JAA certified, philosophy is not the same.

In my case it was suppose to take not more than 10 days and at the end it was more than a month, too bad.

Bye.

OFT
 

First of all let me offer some advice. Never pay a penny up front to any flightschool. As soon as they have your hard earned cash the service will probably go downhill rapidly.
You also have the risk of the school going under. Dont be bullied into this, make this your number one rule. If you have only flown for a couple of hrs and the service is non existent you can always move to another school.

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Scroggs

OFT
 

Hello all!
Just a quick question, wondering if that Fat,Bald ground instructor is still teaching in Orlando Flight Training? Cant remember his name for the life of me?

Oh dont be rude to steve, he is a good guy, sure he is a little on the cuddly side...but he does have some hair so calling him bald is just damn rude! As for his vertically challenged (height) problem.... well you can blame the milkman for the that one as his father is taller than him! But like the mods said there is no need for name calling, he is doing a good job with the limited 'tools' he is provided with, and people are passing first time which what really matter isnt it!

:eek:

FLYINPTU,there are a couple of Indian Students there. They seem to be happy. You should enjoy it.

Instructors
 

Is Andrew Mclaird still chief pilot there? Is Richard Tkaczuk still only JAR CPL instructor?
Thanks

Yes he's still the chief pilot, I was there in April and the only CPL instructor was Prudence Ruzucka - she was very good and I really enjoyed being instructed by her.

Orlando Flight Training!
 

I know people are getting a bit tired of newbies like me asking questions about flight schools however I have used the search tool trying to find info on the above and all I ever seem to find is "do a search for them"!!:ugh:

Little bit tired of chasing my own tail now, so just wondered if anyone could please either point me in the right direction of where these threads are on here(please include links!) or let me know what your experiences were.

Many thanks!

OFT
 

sticky at the top of the threads page.

OFT
 

Had a look and I can not see anything about OFT.... can you post or PM me the link? :ok:

Umm...I don't think that's the correct link...unless poor seat pitch OFT's fault?