Flight schools south Florida
Posted by OperationKey2157@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 3 comments
Hello everyone!
I have been looking into different flight schools for some time now down here. I live in Deerfield beach, Fl and will need to take out a loan for flight schools. I also work full time right now. Been looking at part 61 schools; the only one that seems decent is Wayman Aviation but it’s about a 45 min drive from my house, and a 40 min drive from my job. I was also looking at American Flyers, closer to my house, but their part 141. They told me I could work a flexible part time job (around 20 hours). I’ve got about 25k saved so I was also looking into that. Spending some of my savings on bills and going into a part 141 school while working part time. My question is to people that went to flight school in SoFlo, what’s some good recommendations? I know that this is what I want to do for a career, and am finally in a better position to do so. I would appreciate any recommendations!
Thank you!
TraxenT-TR@reddit
Hey fellow 954 resident.
Firstly don't take out loans for flight training. Trust me they suck so badly, I'm lucky to have a nice airline job to pay them off but vast majority of people don't get to that point and end up drowning in debt.
Secondly as for a good flight school plenty of part 61 gigs around here that would fit your needs. Stay away from mass advertised bs and find one of the many mom n pop shops like a HWO or FXE or Pompano etc. Fly 3-4 times a week and continue to work full time so you can afford to pay the bills and save up money on top of that 25000$ you have so you don't have to take out any loans.
OperationKey2157@reddit (OP)
Can I pm you
rFlyingTower@reddit
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Hello everyone!
I have been looking into different flight schools for some time now down here. I live in Deerfield beach, Fl and will need to take out a loan for flight schools. I also work full time right now. Been looking at part 61 schools; the only one that seems decent is Wayman Aviation but it’s about a 45 min drive from my house, and a 40 min drive from my job. I was also looking at American Flyers, closer to my house, but their part 141. They told me I could work a flexible part time job (around 20 hours). I’ve got about 25k saved so I was also looking into that. Spending some of my savings on bills and going into a part 141 school while working part time. My question is to people that went to flight school in SoFlo, what’s some good recommendations? I know that this is what I want to do for a career, and am finally in a better position to do so. I would appreciate any recommendations!
Thank you!
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