Silver State seems to be making that claim. I'm not sure if its true or
not but I know the military is still putting out enourmous numbers of
helo pilots with thousands of hours of turbine time. Not sure how a
Silver State CFI-H will do with 500hrs of piston time.
My neighbor went through the Silver State program. He got about 30
hours of time under his belt and then was told to go get his medical.
He got approved for class 3 (private use) but failed his class 2
(commercial use). The class 3 is of no use to him so now he's done with
a huge loan payment to make. As a CFI myself I find it totally
unprofessional that anyone would allow a student to get over $10,000
into training before checking on their medical. The Silver State CFI's
are just Silver State students themselves, desperate to gain as much
time as possible.
-Robert