How busy are GKY and Mesa locations these days?

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How busy are Arlington and Mesa locations these days? Any noticeable student dropoff with new ATP/1500 hour rule coming? Do the student numbers usually pick up or drop off in the Fall?
 
Talking to a few of my friends, they said even at Mesa, things are.. pretty dead right now.
 
My instructor at Mesa was just yesterday talking about his three new students. His other students are myself and one other guy, but we are just finishing our CFIs and if all goes to plan both of us will be gone by next week. Of course, it's changing for them now as the ASU students are starting to come in and get started. Then again, it is summer time and most every thing not involving a sim is done by 10 AM so during the day it is pretty dead around here.
 
n156499000 said:
My instructor at Mesa was just yesterday talking about his three new students. His other students are myself and one other guy, but we are just finishing our CFIs and if all goes to plan both of us will be gone by next week. Of course, it's changing for them now as the ASU students are starting to come in and get started. Then again, it is summer time and most every thing not involving a sim is done by 10 AM so during the day it is pretty dead around here.
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Counselor said:
ASU affiliated with ATP?
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Yup. ATP is taking over from Mesa and will be handling ASUs flight program. It will be seperate from ATP in that ASU will still be 141 and the regular ATP students will still be 61, and the only way to do the ASU program is to actuall enroll there, but ASU and ATP students are going to be together in the same building and sharing the same sims and planes. In fact, today I flew in an ASU painted Cessna 172 and have the same plane again tomorrow for my CFI-SE check ride.

Other than the annoyance of having to take what will probably be my last flight with ATP in a plane that says ASU on the tail, it's nice to fly a CE-172 with the Garmin 430 I am used to from the Seminoles and not the random odd GPS model I can't figure out how to operate.
 
I'm out at GKY and we are very busy. I have 4 private students at the moment! Plus 2012 Seminoles arriving.
 
Counselor said:
How busy are Arlington and Mesa locations these days? Any noticeable student dropoff with new ATP/1500 hour rule coming? Do the student numbers usually pick up or drop off in the Fall?
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One would think student load is predictable by season, but after 4 years, I can say that is not true. GKY had students through the summer, but was a but slower than previous years. Now it is picking up drastically.
 
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