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Originally Posted by Ducky 
You see, it is FBO (slow building time) vs ATP (fast building time + ME Time)
What is your guys opinion? |
Well, that pretty much sums it up. Just a matter of deciding what is best for you. To me, the big schools seem almost like cults. They want all you and $60,000. It's hard to turn back after drinking that koolaid.
I read ATP's Seminole supplement which they claim is worth an astounding $30 despite being 46 pages long with lots of spacing and a large font. It detailed the sacred, uber-web advertising hyped standardization and callouts. I Didn't see anything that couldn't be learned by a sharp, proficient pilot with a couple of hours study and a quick dual flight.
Training or teaching at an FBO gives you the flexibility to evaluate and modify your career courses of action each day - a good thing in aviation especially with the economy on the fritz. Obviously, the larger and wealthier the customer base served by the FBO combined with its weather region is going to be a big factor in the # of prospective students/hours flown.
And I think you should know any plane you are going to teach inside and out.