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AaronPilot4life

AaronPilot4life

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Greetings!

I visited Phoenix East Aviation last week when I was in Daytona Beach and it seemed fairly reasonable price wise. Is there anyone on here that is a current student at PEA? I will be moving to the Daytona Beach area in December and trying to decide between Phoenix East Aviation in Daytona or Regional Airline Academy in Deland. Any thoughts on either school would be appreciated.

Aaron

Fly Safe!
 
About the only negative I've heard from PEA came from a friend of mine that got his PPL there. They sometimes won't let you know your plane is nixed due to mx until you get there. You may or may not have another plane to go up in. Other than that, it's a pretty straight forward, FBO style school. At least to me it felt more like an FBO than an academy.
 
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They sometimes won't let you know your plane is nixed due to mx until you get there.

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That ain't just PEA, baby! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I can't say most, but when I was a CFI and a plane went down for MX, it was usually up to the individual CFI to make the phone calls to either reschedule or rearrange the training flights.

Now if that particular CFI was already out on a training flight, his next student might already be on the way to the airport by the time he says, 'Zoinks! N123AB is in the hangar!"
 
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I lost my notes - what is the Chief Pilot's name?

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PEA's? I dunno.
 
I visted PEA and RAA. RAA puts PEA to shame - in fact, there is absolutely no comparison.However, Regional Airline Academy is $20,000 more, and they'll try to luer you into a CRJ rating for another 20 grand, totalling $70,000. (By the way, don't sign up for that CRJ rating unless you are rich and stupid with money).

If you are fine with spending more money, I highly recommend regional airline academy. They have great instructors, honest administration, and a new fleet of planes plus top of the line FTD's.
 
I have to disagree with you, Aviator. Currently, I am near the end of the PRO 3 program at PEA. In the time that I've been there (around a year) they've added 6 172SP's, 1 Seneca, and unloaded the older Piper Warriors. They also bought a shiny new 172SP with the g1000 panel that should be arriving within the next two months.

As for the training I received at PEA, I am completely satisfied. I am anxious to teach and build flight experience.

My roommate is an instructor at RAA. I hear plenty of stories about the operations there, and they don't sound like a place that I'd want to be.
 
They finally got rid of those Warriors? Wow..... Glad to hear they're adding planes, and new ones to boot. Maintenance was always my biggest issue with them.

Who was your instructor down there?
 
I have a student who just started on his PPL. He went to PEA and supposedly there weren't any airplanes on the ramp for him to see. I know the MX department is kept pretty busy over there keeping the fleet airworthy.
 
I've been in and out of there a few times and i had a hard time finding anyone who spoke english. that place is looks like an alqueda(sp?) training camp.
 
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Greetings!

I visited Phoenix East Aviation last week when I was in Daytona Beach and it seemed fairly reasonable price wise. Is there anyone on here that is a current student at PEA? I will be moving to the Daytona Beach area in December and trying to decide between Phoenix East Aviation in Daytona or Regional Airline Academy in Deland. Any thoughts on either school would be appreciated.

Aaron

Fly Safe!

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Stay far away from Regional Airline Academy. Why do you need a $25,000 type rating? The airline will give you that. Forget you ever heard of RAA.

Seriously
 
RAA, like Delta Connection Academy and others will use many different ways of milking more money out of you. Most big academies do this. You have to be smart, and know when to say no. Some schools will make you practice stalls and turns for 90 hours before giving you your private, others will promise you a full time CFI job and give you 2 students. RAA doesnt practice anything like this, but they do try to sell you something you dont need, which isn't so bad. I still think PEA has a big maintenance and fleet problem and I'm glad they're trying to fix it. I know pilots who graduated RAA and they had no complaints. If you purchase the PPL - CFI ratings and everything in between, plan on finding your own CFI job, you'll be alright.
 
PEA is very good. IF the weather is clear most or all the planes are out. I personally know the chief pilot. And Ghassan is still curently the chief pilot. PEA has 4 simulators and has about 30 planes of which are cessena 152,172,citation, and twin props. THe planes are brand new the oldest one is from 1999. PEA offers special programs that get your commercals in 120 hrs rather than 250 and stuff lke that. I hope this gives enough information.
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hey Guys.
Well I think i need some help in here. I've heard so many good and bad things about PEA. we all know that they don't charge as much as DCA or ATP. not even close to them. But I am wondering how's their quilty in training.
any one been there befor?
 
Pardon me when I barge in but the three aforementioned schools offer the same 'end result product' which is a license, but those are probably three entirely different training philosophies.

Kind of like steak au poivre, rindfleisch and boeuf grille -- they're all beef, but different preparation methods.

Ok, so it's dinnertime here in PHX...
 
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