Cost Savings for PPL

oscarm wrote:
Because the
requirements from FAA is only minimum of 40 combine hours, and I dont
see any standart curriculum.

The closest thing to a "standard curriculum" is the FAA's "Practical
Test Standards" (PTS), which is the document containing the _minimum_
standards you will be judged on when you take check rides or flight
reviews. You can buy your own copy at most flight schools for about $7,
or you can ask to read one at the school.

School syllabuses and instructional materials are commercial products,
sold by private companies, like Jeppesen. Is there a brand name on your
books?

Have you actually asked other live, local pilots about your school's
reputation? You know, walk up to some of them, in person, and TALK to
them about your school and other local schools? Can you post the name
of the school here?


I think trying to get any school to teach you things in a different
order based on what you (as a ~2 hour student) think is correct is
silly, since right now you really don't know enough to know what you
don't know.

Hi Barry,

It is part of my mistake. I did not make a comparison with other
school. I thought all school have standart step by step lesson. Like I
said AOPA really open my eyes, before I spent more money i will check a
couple schools so I can invest wiselly. I have Gleims FAA test prep and
also Gleim's PTS. They are all good book but I heard from my school
that ASA is the one that FAA used. I might need to buy ASA book. I also
purchased the VFR and IFR pilot communication training software. Very
effective training tools, but again I can not compare with the actuall
comm, since I never really use it in the real world.
I prefer not to put the school name in here, dont get me wrong, they
are all super nice and proffesional, its just the training schedule
that i have questions about. I cant really say that this is a good
school or not since i cant really compare with anything. I'll stop by
to a couple school this weekend and than I can do some comparison.



B A R R Y wrote:
oscarm wrote:
Because the
requirements from FAA is only minimum of 40 combine hours, and I dont
see any standart curriculum.

The closest thing to a "standard curriculum" is the FAA's "Practical
Test Standards" (PTS), which is the document containing the _minimum_
standards you will be judged on when you take check rides or flight
reviews. You can buy your own copy at most flight schools for about $7,
or you can ask to read one at the school.

School syllabuses and instructional materials are commercial products,
sold by private companies, like Jeppesen. Is there a brand name on your
books?

Have you actually asked other live, local pilots about your school's
reputation? You know, walk up to some of them, in person, and TALK to
them about your school and other local schools? Can you post the name
of the school here?


I think trying to get any school to teach you things in a different
order based on what you (as a ~2 hour student) think is correct is
silly, since right now you really don't know enough to know what you
don't know.