Solo10
New Member
Reading this forum and the Westwind forum has been entertaining but eye-opening. It's pretty tough to read through everybody's different opinions and try to get a clear picture of the schools, as far as their credibility with a regional airline might go.
I think I can see that Pan Am is a very rigorous program and not everybody is right for that. On the other hand, perhaps Westwind's planes aren't quite as new, but it sounds like you can go at your own pace and pay less.
My biggest question that hasn't been addressed is this: once you get all your training and have been through simulators and are building hours waiting for an airline to call back, which of the schools has the most respect from the industry? Is the ACE program at Pan Am replicated at Westwind? Is it as important to a hiring airline as Pan Am's literature makes it out to be?
I posted this question in the Westwind forum as well. I would also be interested to hear about other flight schools such as FSA or DCA, although I'm really looking to move in the Southwesterly direction. Thanks guys.
I think I can see that Pan Am is a very rigorous program and not everybody is right for that. On the other hand, perhaps Westwind's planes aren't quite as new, but it sounds like you can go at your own pace and pay less.
My biggest question that hasn't been addressed is this: once you get all your training and have been through simulators and are building hours waiting for an airline to call back, which of the schools has the most respect from the industry? Is the ACE program at Pan Am replicated at Westwind? Is it as important to a hiring airline as Pan Am's literature makes it out to be?
I posted this question in the Westwind forum as well. I would also be interested to hear about other flight schools such as FSA or DCA, although I'm really looking to move in the Southwesterly direction. Thanks guys.