Any one has feedback on Royal Aeroclub of Western Australia? Sister company of WAAC.
 

I would like to know if anyone has previously studied with RACWA, the sister company of WAAC? Any feedback/positive/negative aspects would be most welcome. Thanks

Actually RACWA now OWN WAAC having bought it towards the end of last year. And WAAC has now been rebranded as RACWA.

One possible advantage of RACWA is that it is a CLUB! It is owned by its members and does not have shareholders. Therefore making profits is not one of their aims in life. As long as they break even they are happy - there are no shareholders expecting dividend payments!

Anyone has previously trained through them, and could give a feedback on their teaching etc?

I trained there for my PPL. You start on a C152 up to GFPT stage, then move on to C172 for nav training to PPL stage. If you are going for a CPL you will move on to Mooney 201. Pros - lots of aircraft and instructors. Good ground school. Great flying weather. Cons - the fleet is showing it's age and needs updating.

Groundloop, I wasn't aware. Where does it say so in its website ? Are we talking about the same WAAC ?

WA Aviation College

They were using the RACWA name on their stand at the Professional Flight Training Exhibition at Heathrow last month. The latest issue of Flight Training News also mentions the name change. They are obviously a bit slow in updating their website!

At first, since WAAC was offering an advanced diploma with its CASA CPL, it was costing around AUD 68000, and also did not include Multi engine rating, which would cost an additional 10K.

When enquiring with them, they advised of RACWA ( RACWA ), which i first thought was only offering JAR, but was advised that they also offer CASA, costing AUD 67 K for the CPL ME + CIR.

Now im just stuck between two choices, either Tristar Aviation in Melbourne, or RACWA in Perth

RACWA
 

I did my PPL right through to Grade 3 Instructor Rating with them some time ago and had no real complaints. At the time, I couldn't get any work as a Grade 3 without moving to the country and made the call to stay with my family, so my flying career stopped at the time - now it's just for fun.

Doing my AFR with them more recently, I have to say you do feel like a small fish in a big sea of pilots and students. I prefer the more intimate days when they were smaller.

Facilities are now much better too with the bar upstairs and (usually) plenty of planning/study rooms downstairs.

As Veeeffarr says, the fleet is probably aging a bit now, although I believe some new 172s are on their way soon, but I love the Mooney's and all are very well maintained, so no complaints.

One last thing to note is that Jandakot has rather high landing fees, so fortunately, RACWA own a bitumen (and gravel) airfield (Murrayfield, near Mandurah to the south) in the Jandakot training area, so you can do some circuits down there without paying for every touch, then some training area work and then come back. Makes it more affordable that way.

I did need to swap instructors once or twice to find the right fit though, but I'm sure that's not isolated to just RACWA. :O

Good luck with whatever you choose! :ok:

Smudge.

Thanks Groundloop, I managed to dig out the crutial commonality between RACWA's and WAAC's websites - the address 41 Eagle Drive, Jandakot ! :ok: