I'm surprised to hear someone say they were kept on a short leash while visiting Comair. I always see on the tours of the school that they highly suggest you talk to the students and instructors to get a real response to what's the real scoop on the program and, most importantly to me, getting a job after being a CFI. That's one area I know where Comair excels. They have a great program, as does FSI, but you don't have the same price tag, and the CFI's have never stopped being hired to the airline. I'll take that any day out of the week over another program. As far as the short leash, again, the only area that you might be kept on the "short leash" is the ops area which leads to the flight line. Don't forget, Sanford is an International airport, and a busy one at that (second busiest in Florida(great training environment, also)). They have security issues there that alot of other flight schools at smaller airports don't have to deal with(thank goodness for now). There was a regular military patrol that cruised the airport and our flight line in their HUM-V with m-16's locked and loaded. Strange to see on a pre-flight, but it is a quick jaunt over to the terminal where there is the usual plethora of 737's, 727's, 767's, A320's, and A330's sitting at their gates. Unfortunately, but understandably, they have to be a bit more restrictive in those areas.
