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Originally Posted by ihavewings  BEWARE of FlightSafety: I was a student there and had a very difficult time getting my instrument rating there. The Seminole was just to fast for me to catch on to. I suggested doing my rating in one of their instrument rated single engines and they refused. The result was incompleted flights and review boards (actually taking my money), then one day I had a meeting w/Mr. Skovgard (the director) and he terminated my training. Thats right, after spending $80,000 I got kicked out of school. Its not that I was a slacker or anything, I really studied and tried hard. I NEVER missed a lesson or was unprepared for a flight. Its just that I didn't "fit" into the FS way of doing things and they told me to leave. Do I feel it was very unprofessional? Yes. Do I feel like FS did all they could have to help me, a struggling student? NO. Would I recommend FS to anyone? NO WAY. If you don't fit into their "cookie cutter" way of teaching, then you dont belong there. I wish I knew this $80,000 ago. I should have bought my own airplane and hired my own instructor instead of throwing it away at FS. Oh well such is life. If they dont want my money, someone else will...afterall I have enough of it!!!! |
SOMETHING is missing here..... First, they have always allowed students to do their instrument in the single and still do. Second, Skovgard is the fairest person there. He also works with the best interest of the student in mind, always. Third, $80,000 by the time you hit step 4, like I said, there is something missing that you are not owning up to.
When I was there, there was a friend of Check Six's and mine that couldn't make it past private. It wasn't the book knowledge, it was the stick skills. After the review board and Safety sending him up with several check airmen to help him out, they suggested maybe this wasn't for him. After spending 1 and a half times what it should have cost for private and still not being able to pass the ride, he agreed and moved on to another career. The point is, he owned up to it and excepted his fate.
I find it hard to believe that you not only spent $80K by step 4, but that FSA would actually let you spend $80K by step 4.
I hate to say it, but if you cannot pass step 4 at Safety in a 140 knot Seminole, you are going to have a hell of a time in a sim ride with an airline.
good luck with your career. I hope it works out for you...
ILS