Acme Aviation

1) If you subscribe to "Flying" magazine, they have had very good articles on choosing flight schools in the August through September 2001 issues. (Not available online.)

2) As with most things in life, all flight schools are not created equal. And, as with most things in life, you tend to get what you pay for. Obviously, this doesn't mean that if something is more expensive that it is automatically better, but it is something to think about. Your flight instructor is teaching you a skill that is critically important to your safety, as well as to that of friends and family that will be flying with you. How much is your flight instructor making per hour? This tells you something about how valuable he or she feels their time and skills are, as well as how valuable the marketplace considers these to be.

3) Prices quoted are almost always going to be on a per hour basis. However, the cost of obtaining your private pilot certificate is going to be significantly impacted by the total number of hours necessary to achieve this goal. In other words, what looks like a bargain on a per hour basis can become quite costly if the instructor does not make good use of your time.

4) Goals and organization are very important in assuring a good training experience. Does the flight school have a standardized syllabus? Will they let you look it over? If there is no syllabus, how does the instructor make sure that he or she is making efficient use of your time?

5) What are your instructors plans for a career? Are they instructing just to build time toward an airline job? What if they get an airline job in the middle of your flight training? Will you have to switch instructors? If the original instructor was not following a standardized training syllabus, how will the new instructor know where to pick up with your training?

6) What condition are the aircraft in? If the school doesn't have pride in the appearance of their equipment, or can't afford to keep up with the cosmetics of the aircraft, where else are they cutting corners?

7) Finally, and certainly not of minor importance, does it seem like you will get along with the instructor? To the people at Acme, flying is the most fun and exciting thing they do. It should be for you as well. If you don't enjoy the learning process, you will quite possibly not finish with your training, and that would be quite sad, indeed.

Testimonials from Acme Students


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Light Sport Airplanes West - Flight Training Center:
Salinas Airport Terminal Building
70 Mortensen Avenue, Salinas CA 93905
Phone: 831.754 2263
info@acme-aviation.com

Office Hours
9am-5pm Every Day
[Please call for appointments]
Flying Lessons
Any Day, Any Time - by appointment.

Acme Aviation is the official flight training school for Light Sport Airplanes West. We show and train in our Piper J3 Clipped Wing Cub and Cessna 140 tailwheel aircraft. Light Sport Airplanes West is the West Coast Distributor for the state-of-the-art Evektor Sports Star, Flight Design CT Cruiser, Tecnam Bravo, Tecnam Sierra and Allegro.
Our aircraft, instructors, syllabus and service are first class. Try a $49 intro flight and find out why we are one of the best flight schools in the Bay Area.