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Originally Posted by bLizZuE  The training is great, and I'm really looking forward to instructing here. As well as the internship at the sim center. Those are great opportunities that aren't very easily accessible elsewhere. At the end of my instructing contract here I should have ATP mins, and about 400ish multi. (Which is the norm for instructors here in about 12-18 months)
However- It's expensive. The ground school is very repetitive. If you start from private- you will hear the same things in multi, instrument, commercial. Because some people start in the middle, they cover everything you've already covered. They call it a 'good review', but it's a waste of money if you ask me.
The management sometimes seems like they couldn't care less about you. From the academic side- the office staff are never in their office. They're always on a smoke break, or lunch. Plus they like to take their breaks in groups, so if you need something, chances are you're waiting.
The flight line portion of management sometimes forget who's flipping the bill. It just doesn't feel like I'm the customer all the time. Yet- overall they have been pretty good.
The dorms are sub par. Rooms are small, conditions are less than perfect. The laundry machines suck, and untill recently we had to pay for them. They stopped charging for the laundry, but upped the rent for wireless internet. Which never works. It disconnects often, and is slow. Now they're raising our rent again to 'cover rising costs'. When infact they're replacing crappy wireless with Comcast internet in every room. If they wanted to lower costs, they should fire the maid staff. They're useless.
I cant re-iterate enough- the training is top notch, the instructors are awesome, and I'm glad I've done my training here. However there are some minor things that rub me the wrong way. (Our outdated fleet of planes)
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It is unfortunate to hear some of the things you have mentioned. It was never that way when I was there. I never lived in the dorms though. I know they are way over priced. Most students find a roomate and move of campus.
I hate to say it, but I think it is time for all new blood with respect to management. Like I have said in the past, when things were booming, the management could fly on auto pilot and eveything fell into place. It is time to hand fly the approach with respect to the students and program. When things get slow you have to give every detail more attention. The training is still well above average, but it sounds like management needs a little kick in the pants..... If they didn't, students wouldn't be complaining about dorms on this website.
I read a post awhile back that said some of the instructors looked like slobs with their shirt untucked. That bothers me. Mr. Haaland and Skovgard would have never let that fly before. My instructors used to tell me that if I had an oil stain on my shirt from pre-flight to bleach it out and your shirt needed to be ironed. I was OK with that.... I know management reads this forum, I hope they are taking notes...
ILS