Orlando Flight Training - Joke!
 

And they are still telling me I can get my PPL done in 4 weeks.......

15 PA-28's
9 Grounded
6 Flying and Fully Booked.......

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/w...g?t=1238948453

I have been debating about going there for hour building but I have been warned about them being messers.

Your experience is another bullet point for my "against" column!

Back to the drawing board.

Its a Mickey Mouse place over in Orlando, quite literally!

Rhyspiper
If its only hour building you are after, look at palm beach flight training.. found them to be pretty good and reliable with decent equipment. Have also heard plenty about Aussie Air - even though have not used them myself, friends have and have all said rates are very cheap.

From my experiences with NAC.. they are just as useless, if not worse! It seems Mickeys influence is not contained to Orlando only.

Wish they were Mickey Mouse - that lill guy *really* knows how to run a company.

I hear alot of good stuff about EAA-fly.com maybe some one can tell me more good or bad dont matter just it is the truth

Isn't it a case of damage limitation now that (I assume) your in the states.

What about doing loads of your hours at night? or come in at say 06.00 in the morning?
I do hope you haven't paid up front.

No No Aussie
 

SweetChariotXV
Never Ever Go to aussie Air, they have only 25 students from Spain which they paid them in full of 100,000 for 0 to ATP license, 15 hours of Learjet and and Airbus 320 type rating!!!!!! they 've been punked and they are staying over and cant do nothin because if they did anything they will lose their money and wont have even a PPL from these 100 grand.
Aussie air does have any visa authorities they were doing illegal pilot training for international students ...so give them time the end is near for these :mad:

OFT aircraft on line
 

Guys, thought I would check on the OFT position before moving further. They advise that they have 40 aircraft on line and that it was a paperwork glitch that grounded the PA28s. Red faces but all aircraft now flying.

wis3384
Well in that case avoid aussie air. As I said in my previous post, I have not had any experiences with them, just that I heard they had good rates. However if they are a cowboy outfit, and messing people about, then by all means, just like NAC.. avoid them!

But disregarding them from a training perspective maybe as far as just renting a plane goes, could aussie not be a cheap option? That I dont know.

However I do speak from experience regarding palm beach flight training, and they were very pleasant to deal with and rent from.

No Joke !
 

Why are OFT still allowed deliberately misleading advertising on PPRuNe?
e.g. OFT say JAA PPL £4595 but click through and you find the real price is actually $8525 which is over £1000 more !
Is this a case of money talks with moderators on the payroll?

Man C Flyer
 

Is it Man C Flyer, Albion Mct, Alan Mtc or is it just good old Alan Mct******
Anyway Alan, I just wondered why if you had problems with booking an aircraft you didn't say anything to me earlier, especially when we were discussing your wind limitations today.
And by the way, you really should tell the truth and let everyone on PPRUNE know that you already hold a PPL and that you have just finished ATPL groundschool.

Exposed !!!!

well arent i glad i got told about this in the early stages. not too sure where you get your information andrew, but with all due respect (not that you gave me any respect in that last post) your talking bull. i would appreciate it if you called me to speak about this. i will PM you my number. not the sort of thing i need from the chief pilot of my school right in the middle of atpl exam week is it.

and by the way my name is Alan McIntosh....

Not sure what all the fuss is about. Its a bit of a lottery with instructors i admit but i never had any problem with OFT for my PPL.
I had a couple of issues, i went to Andrew's office and spoke to him face to face, he went out of his way to resolve my problems.

I too have had no problems with Orlando Flight Training and today passed my Private Pilot checkride. It took a few more hours than I might have liked but I have the licence now and that's all that matters.

As for the situation with maintenance, if an hour-building student is going to take an aircraft out for 14 hours a day (8.00am to 10.00pm), the 100-hour inspections are going to come around pretty quickly (almost weekly)!

Orlando Flight Training!
 

EXPOSEDDD !!! BIG TIMEEEEE!!! nice Q-tip lol