It's hard to choose a flying school. Since you have no experience with flying you lack decision making criteria. Your comparisons are based on poor information.
When I began comparing schools I looked at three things: price, time and ground school. I didn't want to pay too much. I wanted to get licensed as soon as possible. I wanted convenient times and locations for ground school.
Looking back i think i can say that, of the three criteria only one was important. That item was ground-school. It emerged as a lasting quality on which to base a decision.
Ground-school prepares you to pass the exam. You can take it online or in a classroom. You can even take it one on one. There are lots of options.
Location can be on or off airport and they can be offered during the day or evening. If you're a mature student with a full-time job an off airport night time class can be very advantageous. On the other hand, if you're young and can devote full days throughout the week to learning to fly then an on airport daytime setting is likely more practical.
It's best to avoid an online ground-school. The degree of complexity in the material is too much for a web based course. A course taught by a pilot with lots of experience is much better
There are basic and supplemental texts to use. The basics will come from the ground school. Supplemental texts are available as well. You can get these from the ground school, Amazon, or pilot schools.
You can add to your education through the internet. There are pod casts put out by flight instructors. There are also online study guides. Some are just for the student license exam. Others are for the whole course.
To summarize, you can rank flying schools before you get experience based on the ground school. Location and time of class is important. A ground school with an experienced teacher is preferable. If the school will direct you to or supply you with additional resources it's an even better candidate.
When I began comparing schools I looked at three things: price, time and ground school. I didn't want to pay too much. I wanted to get licensed as soon as possible. I wanted convenient times and locations for ground school.
Looking back i think i can say that, of the three criteria only one was important. That item was ground-school. It emerged as a lasting quality on which to base a decision.
Ground-school prepares you to pass the exam. You can take it online or in a classroom. You can even take it one on one. There are lots of options.
Location can be on or off airport and they can be offered during the day or evening. If you're a mature student with a full-time job an off airport night time class can be very advantageous. On the other hand, if you're young and can devote full days throughout the week to learning to fly then an on airport daytime setting is likely more practical.
It's best to avoid an online ground-school. The degree of complexity in the material is too much for a web based course. A course taught by a pilot with lots of experience is much better
There are basic and supplemental texts to use. The basics will come from the ground school. Supplemental texts are available as well. You can get these from the ground school, Amazon, or pilot schools.
You can add to your education through the internet. There are pod casts put out by flight instructors. There are also online study guides. Some are just for the student license exam. Others are for the whole course.
To summarize, you can rank flying schools before you get experience based on the ground school. Location and time of class is important. A ground school with an experienced teacher is preferable. If the school will direct you to or supply you with additional resources it's an even better candidate.
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