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fludy12

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DCA blows monkey chunks! Please, any prospective students...do NOT go to DCA! Way overpriced for crappy equipment and you WILL get treated like shiznit BOTH as a student AND as a hired instructor. Also, you will NOT get the guaranteed interview at 800 hrs dual with 200 multi. It's running more like 1200+ these days because they won't let the instructors go. Because nobody is coming in to take their places!! Sign of the times...at least at the Sanford, FL campus.
 
Exactly, not that I am against anything that you said. . . but unless you show some sort of credibility no one is going to listen to you.

JC isn't the place to come and cry and moan about a place, unless you tell us you have actually been there (trained and worked).
 
fludy12 said:
DCA blows monkey chunks! Please, any prospective students...do NOT go to DCA! Way overpriced for crappy equipment and you WILL get treated like shiznit BOTH as a student AND as a hired instructor. Also, you will NOT get the guaranteed interview at 800 hrs dual with 200 multi. It's running more like 1200+ these days because they won't let the instructors go. Because nobody is coming in to take their places!! Sign of the times...at least at the Sanford, FL campus.
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You should have seen what they did to (attempted) to Doug. What else is new down there? Just cuious.
 
As much as I love to see DCA get slammed, I wouldn't pay any attention to this Fludy guy. He had no credibility based on his posting history and he just got banned by Doug.
 
True that.

The forum is an extension of my living room. If you try to cold cock one of several of my guests and attempt to whizz on my travertine tile, you're getting your ass dismissed.
 
i wish doug let him go a little longer to see what he/she was going to say next. im sorry for anyone that was offended by this person.
 
Well, I went to DCA, unlike that Fludy guy. I'll be honest with you and must say that I agree with what he says, just not utilizing the same terms. I was at DCA for 2 1/2 months and spent 14,000 and resulted in only 34.5 hours and no rating or certificate. I was charged for taking the Commercial written test, which I didn't take, as well as, from what I remember, $2000 for my commercial ground school.

Don't get me wrong... There are a handful of instructors there that are really nice people, but, there are the few that just don't really care for the job nor care for what the student is doing in regards to progress; namely my instructor who shall remain nameless. I do, however, recommend one instructor by the name of Eric Ballman (sp?). He is an outstanding instructor and a very informative one at that; a great friend, too. Best of luck to him!

In regards to the instructors getting treated like crap, well- that's based on their own opinions. I was never a hired instructor for them, but I did, however, hear that the Delta standby benefits aren't that great, nor are the medical/dental/vision benefits, and the pay $10/hour is not great, either. The students paid $54/hour for the instructors, leaving $44 unaccounted for. (Owner's pocket? Or simply helping big brother get out of Bankruptcy?)

Another rumor I've heard about DCA is that they're not even owned by Delta, anymore. The legacy airline released all liability to a private owner who has remained nameless, and from what the students know, Delta still owns the company. You find out more about the academy after leaving on your own terms and hearing what still goes on there.


It's a rambler, but... I'm trying to give you a more credible source than that "Fludy" guy could ever.


SD
 
DCA is still owned by Comair Holdings which is owned by Delta. DCA is still is Ch.11 like the rest of us. DL makes the calls with everything that goes on there. I was both a student and an employee. Flight bennies are same as mainline DL employees. Medical/dental/vision sucked! I know a whole bunch of stuff that they don't want students to know. Only reason I stayed is because I got a discount. As on a previous post I see they're cleaning up shop and ejecting the garbage.
 
pilotsean86 said:
[I was at DCA for 2 1/2 months and spent 14,000 and resulted in only 34.5 hours and no rating or certificate. I was charged for taking the Commercial written test, which I didn't take, as well as, from what I remember, $2000 for my commercial ground school.]

[The students paid $54/hour for the instructors]

SD
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Yup... that'll about sum it up...
 
It depends on you and your instructors. I was at DCA for 10 months and got all my ratings through CFII. Was it the best place to train? Probably not. Was it the cheapest place to train? HELL NO! Did I get all my ratings and consider myself a pretty darn good pilot? Yes.

The training there is good. The only thing I saw is that you have to watch out for instructors that just want their hours, and beware of the cookie cutter pilot. I knew many people that were scared to death to do their commercial solo X-Country. By the time you are getting your commercial rating, you should not be scared to go somewhere solo!!!!

I did not stay at DCA as an instructor because I got a pretty good instructor job elsewhere while I was waiting 4 months to go back and had opportunity to get into some other things.
 
Hey guys I was just reading this thread and I am kind of concern. I start training there in January. I was told it would not be advisable to work while I am training. My loan includes living expenses but I am not sure how that works. Should I have a change of hart?
 
Nismaxdan said:
Hey guys I was just reading this thread and I am kind of concern. I start training there in January. I was told it would not be advisable to work while I am training. My loan includes living expenses but I am not sure how that works. Should I have a change of hart?
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I highly recommend checking out some other schools before you go for DCA. For that kind of scratch you'd be better off going to Flight Safety Academy or ATP. Have you toured DCA yet? Not saying you shouldn't go there, just see what there is out there before you take the plunge. Schools I visited before I made my decission were RAA, DCA, SunState Aviation, Air Orlando, Flight Safety Academy, Ari-Ben. Try to get some perspective from former students before making your decission, you'll be glad you did.
 
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