Private Course as an elective at a community college

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MFS

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Anyone out there have any experience with taking lessons through a community college, or setting that up? It's been wanting to link up with the community college near the airport and offer a Private course as an elective but I don't really know the best place to start.

Thanks in advance.
-Mike
 
Get a meeting with the Dean. From past experiences they want to have the students have something tangible by the end. The best way to do that is to have them pass the FAA written.
 
Mike,

I attended classes at Dallas County Community College. I believe there are two ways of going about this. The first would be a case by case basis where a student would set an appointement, meet with the school's chief flight instructor and present documentation that he/she passed the FAA written like Cessnaflyer has said. Second would be credit by examination, where the student would pay some sort of admin fee and be given the class final exam, which in my experience is essentially a mock version of the FAA written.

Here's the number for DCCCD's Aviation department, in case you want to call and get some info straight from the horse's mouth. It's close enough to Terrell. 214.860.8566
 
I am currently going to Orange Coast College and have gone through the private pilot course there. They are very helpful and are usually much cheaper in the long run. Now when I show up to fly with my CFI, I don't need to do much ground at all because I have learned most of it in college. And at my college, I can earn an AA with a specialization in Commercial piloting with an instrument rating. So its nice to get a degree and also get cheaper training then with a CFI.
 
So you're saying that they would have to pass the written before beginning training through the school? Like the written would be the mid-term or something and the Check ride would be the final? Or do they break it down by semester... 1st semester is the written, the 2nd semester is the checkride? Thanks for the responses keep em coming, If I can get all my ducks in a row and get the school on board. I'd be able to send vets using the Hazlewood Act through the college, and anyone else who wanted to learn. Even if it only generated 3-4 students a year/semester it be better than nothing.

-Mike
 
You don't need to know anything about flying to enter the program at my school. They teach you everything. As for the tests, such as mid terms and finals, my teacher uses the FAA test bank to get about 80% of the tests. He makes up the remaining 20%. So in a way, taking the mid term and the final are just training tools to use for the FAA written. But if you do well on the final, you know you will do good on the written.

My school runs two courses of private pilot, each starting with about 60 students. It narrows down after the first eight weeks though. I recommend going the community college route.
 
Yeah this community college is right off the end of the runway... in fact you might be able to throw a rock from 35 and hit their parking lot. Wonder if the school would accept the FAA written as a Midterm... wouldn't be terrible, it'd make one hell of a practice test for the real deal. The last dean wasn't too cooperative, I hope this new guy will be a little more flexible... is all the classroom stuff handled in a room provided at the college or is it more or less like ground school out at the airport?
 
I don't think the FAA will accept it as there is a ton of rules that go with the written and it would be difficult to combine both into one. But I just take it as a guide to see if I am ready for the FAA written. I got a 90% on my Final, so I know I would be well qualified for the written exam. And for our college we do everything in a classroom at the college, its just like another college class. Hope it works out for you.
 
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