My school

Now before I just jump out there with the name of my school let me tell you that I really like my school, and I know many people hate it and not to mention they say its a trap for young people who think its the only way to become an airline pilot. They tell you that you get a 'guaranteed interview' which is a load of bull.... I'm sure you get your 'guaranteed' interview, but news to you, if you meet the minimum hours of any airline, there is a %90 chance you will get an interview anyways. Apply to couple places, and you will see you don't need a guaranteed interview.

All that being said, I can now say where I go... Delta Connection Academy. At the same time I am also getting my AA in Professional Pilot technology and once I get that, I will try all I can to finish up my BA for business that I was getting before I made the jump. Now that is something else, alot of people told me I should have finished my BA and then get my pilot thingies, but I wasn't happy with what I was doing and I figured I could take a break from things and finish up (i only have like a semester left). Anyways, alot think it was a stupid idea, and maybe it was, but i'm very happy with my decision right now...

Delta Connection Academy uses "Lessons" for your training... for example, for the private course there are I think like 26 courses and 2 stages... Stage I finishes up with lesson 20 which is your stage check ride. Here you must prove the chief inst. (or whoever went up with you) that you have complete control of the plane and you are ready to solo the plane for the circuit (that is a traffic pattern) or solo XC (which is cross country). When you are done with all that, your last lesson is a duplicate of a FAA test... there will be an oral followed by a flight... you will do everything that will be included in the FAA check ride. Once you are done, you can move onto the next thing which would be IFR after PPC.

Alot of people complain that DCA cost lots and lots of money... but guess what, there is a trick for that too... Wanna know it? I'm sure you do.... STUDY!!!!! if you come prepared to every single lesson knowing what you are supposed to do (and maybe just practice them for the sake of procedures on FS2004) you will not have to have your inst. show you how its supposed to be done, or keep repeating it until you get it right... When you accomplish that, and do everything in 1 try (like I have been) you will finish everything in minimum hours... if you plan it all out that comes out to roughly 35 hours... say 40.... at $104 an hour for the C152, that is about $4000... with ground school and all it comes to roughly $5000... pretty cheap for a 'ripoff' school huh? trust me, school is not expensive, but the studying is extensive. and I like their 'airline wanna be' system as well. you get ops manual, standards manual, wear a uniform and act like something.... some call that stupid, well I personally like it, and last time I checked, I'm the one going to the school, not them... :)

anyways, that concludes my school info and what I think about it.... I really like my school.

Cliff notes: My school is Delta Connection Academy. I know alot of people don't like it and rant about it... As long as you study your stuff VERY extensively and come prepared for the flight, you will do fine and as a matter of fact, you will pay very competitively compared to other schools including part 61. :)