Dutch wings flight school Houston?
if you have taken lessons with this school, would you recommend it to me? specially their package from0 to commercial how many actual hours of instruction you get with it?? tell me your experience with this school... thank you
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I have never heard of it but it does look legitimate. Arcola is a nice airport or Houston Southwest as it is called now. No matter what school you decide to take your lessons do not, I repeat do not lay down a large sum of money hoping to go from zero time to commercial pilot. What if they go out of business before you complete your training? It has happened to many pilots in the past at different schools around the US. Pay as you go one hour at a time and then after you get a private license and you want to buy a block of 5-10 hours for a discount you will have a better feeling about how stable the company is. You really aren't going to save that much money buying a package deal for your training. If you are a slow learner you will be charged more in a package deal and if you are a fast learner you will give the school your money and they benefit.
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Let me repeat what Ozzie said because it is so important: DO NOT pay in full up front for the entire cost of any flight training program at ANY school. The personal financial risk you take is not worth the slightly lower rate. Silver State Helicopters is a dramatic example of what can happen to students that pay in full up front. Look them up and read some of the stories about them. Some 2500 students had taken out $70K loans and paid it all to the school, and when the school went bankrupt they had no way to get their money back or complete their training. The school you picked looks fine, but even the slightest chance that something could happen and cost you tens of thousands of dollars is not worth it. It could even be the case that your own circumstances change and you do not wish to continue, or you need to move to a different school. No matter what, you don't want them holding onto all of your money. Pay as you go. I also recommend searching on pilot forums. They will be much more likely to have members that have personal experience with any given flight school. http://www.pprune.org/ http://www.jetcareers.com/ http://airlinepilotcentral.com/ Good luck!
