What's going on with Ari-Ben?

[Ari Cohen]

Last but not least, when I was speaking with the CFI she was describing the program as being so good that they were expecting 200 + new Indian students in the beginning of January 08. Whether or not that’s true I don’t know, but it was definitely not a selling point to me considering the student to a/c ratio.

If I could only ask one question to Ari-Ben's management, I would like to know why they do not invest in more (not necessarily new) but more multi engine a/c to accommodate the large amount of students?

My name is Ari Cohen and I am back with Ari-Ben Aviator. I am going to start clarifying some of the questions and rumors being posted on this board.

If anyone has any concerns feel free to call me at the school 772-466-4822 or email me at ari@aribenaviator.com. I will try to respond to everyones questions as quickly as possible.

To start, one of my positions at the school is that I am the head recruiter. I can tell you that we only have 10 Indian students coming in within the next 2 months.

Second, Aviator is investing in 6 more airplanes in the next month or so....3 172's and 3 BE-76's. The first 172 is coming in this weekend.

Lastly, Aviator did have some issues in Oct and November due to a couple of factors. These were a shortage of instructors in the industry as most of you know. The second was several pilot error incidents that created some M/X problems. Over the past couple of weeks we have resolved these issues. Planes are back up and we have a bunch of instructors coming online within the next 3 weeks.

The purpose of my post and future posts on this board is not to get into arguments with former students, but to clarify and answer questions truthfully. Also I want to give potential students updates on what is going on with Ari-Ben.

Once again feel free to call me at the school or email me. I wish all of you a safe and healthy new year.

 

[surreal1221]

. . .and again. Although I can't speak for Surreal1221, I'm fairly confident he'll say his organization provided quality training for the dollar. . .and he's completed his course.

You got that right, and maybe I was just lucky - or picked a good organization to train at - but I got a lot of training for not that MUCH money (<35k). With 70 hours of ME time to boot.

But whatever. . .I'm not here to advertise for my organization, but Rob is right.

At least I completed my training, and am gainfully employed.

So yes, I will say with high confidence that my organization provided quality training.