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gtlyon · March 21st, 2008, 16:53

Hehe sorry about the IMHO.

IMHO= In My Humble Opinion.

To answer your question, I got real lucky with picking the FBO route.It was close to my house(less than 7 miles) I met the intructor before even taking a lesson.Awesome guy,been teaching for 15+ years,tons of experience and knowledge and just an all around fun person to fly with.With an instructor like that it makes learning very easy(atlest for me). The cost isn't the greatest but its definately not the worst.The planes are decent and well kept, although they are gettin' old!

For the record I never really considered ATP,no reason really.At the same time I have met a few ATP'ers and they are great folks. Some say its impossible to learn all that flying ''stuff'' in 90 days.I agree, a good pilot is always learing!

When it comes to paying for flight training, thats a big hurdle. You could take out loans,hence schools like ATP help with that. Sadly, going the FBO route there isnt much on financing options other than credit cards or a rich uncle lol. If you have a decent paying job and time, you could always pay as you go to off set any debt.You will find out soon enough that the regionals dont pay all that well,so having lots of debt with little income can be bad news.

March 21st, 2008, 16:53	#4
gtlyon Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 58	Re: Pro's and Con's of Flight Schools Hehe sorry about the IMHO. IMHO= In My Humble Opinion. To answer your question, I got real lucky with picking the FBO route.It was close to my house(less than 7 miles) I met the intructor before even taking a lesson.Awesome guy,been teaching for 15+ years,tons of experience and knowledge and just an all around fun person to fly with.With an instructor like that it makes learning very easy(atlest for me). The cost isn't the greatest but its definately not the worst.The planes are decent and well kept, although they are gettin' old! For the record I never really considered ATP,no reason really.At the same time I have met a few ATP'ers and they are great folks. Some say its impossible to learn all that flying ''stuff'' in 90 days.I agree, a good pilot is always learing! When it comes to paying for flight training, thats a big hurdle. You could take out loans,hence schools like ATP help with that. Sadly, going the FBO route there isnt much on financing options other than credit cards or a rich uncle lol. If you have a decent paying job and time, you could always pay as you go to off set any debt.You will find out soon enough that the regionals dont pay all that well,so having lots of debt with little income can be bad news. __________________ ''I find your lack of faith disturbing''