I would encourage anyone interested in their 5 day...

I would encourage anyone interested in their 5 day commercial pilot course to have a very direct conversation with the folks in charge of scheduling, not marketing, as to what the current status is of availability of pilot examiners. After paying a $1000 deposit months out to secure my week, I arrived to what appeared to me, the surprise of the flight instructors and the assistant chief flight instructor and chief flight instructor. It was very disorganized. They did not even know at first whether I could fly 2 times a week. It was then obvious they could not even book a DPE during my week. I had completed all prerequisite flight times, cross country, etc. All I needed for the part 61 course was 10 hours and a checkride. Sunstate has great marketing but the marketing folks are not talking to the instructors and the people in charge of the schedule. They are maxed out and will not even give you the courtesy of a phone call to warn you of this. The flight instructor I did have, Chris D, was an excellent instructor, I am having to take another week at home to transition to another aircraft and get it done here. I would recommend everyone who is out of state to have very direct conversations with Sunstate about what is possible and force them to be honest with you. What happens is they overbook themselves, students ahead of you are not progressing and it jams up the DPEs so your week won't work. They won't communicate with you about this until you get there. Extremely frustrating.