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DE727UPS · August 29th, 2005, 13:55

"now for what you really want to hear can you experience all of what I have thru another school or fbo? YES of course you can if you go out and try you can experience any flying situation that you want"

Hey...that's what I was gonna say.

"where did you do your training de727ups "

http://jetcareers.com/persp_19.htm

I'll add that I started at 17 at the local flight school. They had about 10 Cessna's and did 135 charter, too. The airport was non-towered with a VOR approach. I think they can still do a private there for about 4K.

Did all my ratings up to CFI through this school. The only mistake was I underestimated what the CFI thing was all about and the guy that trained me (currently at United) had never trained a CFI before. I don't recommend small FBO's for the initial CFI. Go to a school that has a proven track record of getting guys through.

All my other ratings went fine. I was in high school and junior college and worked rather than take out loans, so none of my training was quick. I took no formal ground schools. Did it all home study but enjoyed the material and worked hard at it. I guess I can excel in a non-structured environment...

The big change in my training scheme was when I transfered to ERAU for my last two years of college. They gave me credit for all my ratings, through CFI, but I had to be "standardized" first. Bascially, I ended up doing additional CFI stuff in a Grumman Tiger (a new airplane to me). Then, I did my CFII through the Riddle flight program. No sims back in those days. It was me, an airplane, and a CFII following the Riddle syllabus. Good training, great CFI, I worked hard, ended up a competent CFII. Really, though, nothing that couldn't easily be done at the FBO level.

From the beginning of my training, I pretty much ignored multi flying cause of the expense. Got the CMEL at Northaire in Prescott while I was at Riddle. Got the MEI at the same time I got my ATP from a school in LGB. Seaplane rating on American Lake near Tacoma, WA.

As you can see, I jumped around a lot. Different schools, CFI's, parts of the country, experiences. I think there was a great education in all that.

August 29th, 2005, 13:55	#13
DE727UPS Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 6,590	Re: my training so far at dca "now for what you really want to hear can you experience all of what I have thru another school or fbo? YES of course you can if you go out and try you can experience any flying situation that you want" Hey...that's what I was gonna say. "where did you do your training de727ups " http://jetcareers.com/persp_19.htm I'll add that I started at 17 at the local flight school. They had about 10 Cessna's and did 135 charter, too. The airport was non-towered with a VOR approach. I think they can still do a private there for about 4K. Did all my ratings up to CFI through this school. The only mistake was I underestimated what the CFI thing was all about and the guy that trained me (currently at United) had never trained a CFI before. I don't recommend small FBO's for the initial CFI. Go to a school that has a proven track record of getting guys through. All my other ratings went fine. I was in high school and junior college and worked rather than take out loans, so none of my training was quick. I took no formal ground schools. Did it all home study but enjoyed the material and worked hard at it. I guess I can excel in a non-structured environment... The big change in my training scheme was when I transfered to ERAU for my last two years of college. They gave me credit for all my ratings, through CFI, but I had to be "standardized" first. Bascially, I ended up doing additional CFI stuff in a Grumman Tiger (a new airplane to me). Then, I did my CFII through the Riddle flight program. No sims back in those days. It was me, an airplane, and a CFII following the Riddle syllabus. Good training, great CFI, I worked hard, ended up a competent CFII. Really, though, nothing that couldn't easily be done at the FBO level. From the beginning of my training, I pretty much ignored multi flying cause of the expense. Got the CMEL at Northaire in Prescott while I was at Riddle. Got the MEI at the same time I got my ATP from a school in LGB. Seaplane rating on American Lake near Tacoma, WA. As you can see, I jumped around a lot. Different schools, CFI's, parts of the country, experiences. I think there was a great education in all that.