Rocky Mountain Flight School KBJC
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Planning on time building / working on my instrument rating at KBJC in mid May - early June. I’ve seen old posts about this school, but was wondering if some people that have recently attended could inform me about the area / school. Currently flying in south Texas so I know the density altitude and winds are gonna be an adjustment, but if anyone could speak on their experience there that’d be great whether it’s about weather, scheduling, the planes, etc…
Penguin_Named_Piplup@reddit
I got my ppl from there a few years back, actually flew there today with a cfi to prepare for a job. Im still based out of BJC. Great rates, nothing fancy. Planes are kept airworthy and I've mever had any issues. The mechanic who owns the school works on my personal plane. Very busy practice area but if you can fly and land well in the front range in terms of wind, you can land a plane almost anywhere else. Summer is great to fly there, especially in the mornings or after the afternoon thunderstorms roll through. Summer evening air is crisp! Feel free to do if you have questions!
320sim@reddit
Did you know that their maintenance shop took a failed carburetor out of a plane and installed it in a a Western 172, which subsequently failed, leading to a loss of power and crash at LMO last year?
iamtherussianspy@reddit
You already posted about this 2 months ago and were informed that Rocky Mountain Aircraft Services has nothing to do with Rocky Mountain Flight School. Do you think that the school owns the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport too?
https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1qvin2s/comment/o3i2m17/
Penguin_Named_Piplup@reddit
The owner doesn't work on planes for other schools. On his own school and independent plane owners like myself. Never had any maintenance issues with him on our planes. I've had issues with other mechanics though when I was on a cross country but never with him!
PlanetMcFly@reddit
That was a different shop I believe, not the one owned by the owner of the flight school. Post a source if you know different.
AGroAllDay@reddit
I agree with your comment. If he’s going to post a dangerous comment like that, he better have a damn good source to back it up
Initial_Raisin_6960@reddit (OP)
Thank you!
iamtherussianspy@reddit
Easy to schedule for 2+ weeks out, difficult to schedule 1+ week out if you're not super flexible, and requires quite a bit of luck to schedule something same week.
Windy weather, lots of cancelations, but if you're comfortable at high winds you could probably pick up a few same day cancelations by pre-ppl students like me.
Planes are older but at the price one can't complain too much.
Atlanta_Mane@reddit
I had a good comperience with one of their cfi.
PlanetMcFly@reddit
As others have said, planes are airworthy but don’t expect super nice interiors, etc. Rates are incredible low. Planes are equipped well for the price, but don’t expect G1000s. I got my IR there a year ago in their arrows.
Weather is annoyingly windy later in the day, so get used to flying in the morning or late afternoons/evenings. Get used to mountain waves giving you uncommanded climbs followed by descents a minute or two later. Get used to them and know they’re coming.
Good luck!
Comfortable_Taste217@reddit
The weather can get windy and weird, especially in the spring. It's a busy airspace and it'll test you, but you get used to it. The planes are functional and safe, just old and not fancy.
Try and schedule flights are far out as possible, it does get busy but I was able to get double digit hours in a week pretty easily before my PPL checkride a few weeks ago
Initial_Raisin_6960@reddit (OP)
Thanks!
rFlyingTower@reddit
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Planning on time building / working on my instrument rating at KBJC in mid May - early June. I’ve seen old posts about this school, but was wondering if some people that have recently attended could inform me about the area / school. Currently flying in south Texas so I know the density altitude and winds are gonna be an adjustment, but if anyone could speak on their experience there that’d be great whether it’s about weather, scheduling, the planes, etc…
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