Can anyone tell me if my flight school is bad
Posted by External_Bug_1367@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 14 comments
I mean i know it’s bad i just wana know how bad.
None of our planes have glass cockpit.
Few of our 152’s have a broken directional gyro. We use the compass that is super hard to read.
The artificial horizon apparently works but i would not trust it, it shows bank on the ground. Broken fuel indicator on a lot of the 152’s.
Broken landing lights (and probably other lights too) on some aircraft (that aircraft is dedicated to day time operation so its legal i was told).
I was told by a mechanic that our aircraft are bare minimum, nothing extra works, however everything that is legally required does indeed work.
I feel like the instructors are pretty macho. Read my other post please (we got super close to an airbus)
One instructor smokes in the cockpit. Another Scrolls reels during flight and idk if she realises but i can hear her “10 red flags in men” stuff that she watches on her phone through the headset. She plays music too during critical stages like takeoff and landing. I had one guy fall asleep too although it was at a non critical stage I could handle it with him asleep.
Both_Coast3017@reddit
This is in the Philippines. Important context
WhitePhosphor-@reddit
How do you know
Both_Coast3017@reddit
Because I can read
jeevacation_gmail@reddit
OP’s other post
Fly3rBoi@reddit
If you have to ask, it’s bad for you.
I’ve worked with CFIs that have flown in some really hinky aircraft and are fine with it.
Me? Every single thing has to be operable and in good shape.
M2K-throwaway@reddit
Dude even airliners don't operate with those rules
pattern_altitude@reddit
The instructor behavior is alarming. Some of the maintenance concerns are valid. I would leave.
Not having a glass cockpit has absolutely nothing to do with this… that is certainly not a requirement for a stellar flight school.
_FROOT_LOOPS_@reddit
I’d go so far as to say pilots should learn the basics on steam gauges, and then move up to more sophisticated avionics later in their training. Analog instruments really tightened up my flying and now I prefer them to g1000s, at least for vfr maneuvers and local flights. But the rest of this school sounds like a crash waiting to happen
WizKhalizta@reddit
Jeeeeeeeez! Aircraft not legal due to inoperative fuel gauge and operated for hire without operative landing light, hazardous attitudes, unprofessional conduct, intentional distraction during critical phases of flight, I'd be running for the hills.
IceBlock12@reddit
Brother. Leave.
Matthewm3113@reddit
I am in Australia, and I have flown aircraft either not equipped or with inop DG/AH. You don't need them when flying or doing cross country navs in VFR. You just need a compass, airspeed and altimeter.
Smoking and reels is unacceptable though.
RealP4@reddit
We only have your side of events but if what you are saying is true then yea that’s deeply concerning. No one should be smoking in a cockpit or listening to reels during flight. That’s absolutely ridiculous.
In terms of the planes I’d need to see it..but I will say not having glass cockpit planes isn’t a strike On the school I’d say.
Melodic_Duck257@reddit
Part 61 is part 61, it has its charms with some drawbacks
But this sounds like part -61 to me. Seriously hazardous instructors by the sounds of it.
rFlyingTower@reddit
This is a copy of the original post body for posterity:
I mean i know it’s bad i just wana know how bad.
None of our planes have glass cockpit.
Few of our 152’s have a broken directional gyro. We use the compass that is super hard to read.
The artificial horizon apparently works but i would not trust it, it shows bank on the ground. Broken fuel indicator on a lot of the 152’s.
Broken landing lights (and probably other lights too) on some aircraft (that aircraft is dedicated to day time operation so its legal i was told).
I was told by a mechanic that our aircraft are bare minimum, nothing extra works, however everything that is legally required does indeed work.
I feel like the instructors are pretty macho. Read my other post please (we got super close to an airbus)
One instructor smokes in the cockpit. Another Scrolls reels during flight and idk if she realises but i can hear her “10 red flags in men” stuff that she watches on her phone through the headset. She plays music too during critical stages like takeoff and landing. I had one guy fall asleep too although it was at a non critical stage I could handle it with him asleep.
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