Nick Blonski

Review of Calgary Flying Club

I finished my PPL training here in August 2016. CF...

I finished my PPL training here in August 2016. CFC is like the typical Ultra-Low Cost Airline of flight schools. Professionalism just doesn't exist in this place, with little concern for safety, few safety rules and poor enforcement of those few rules, as well as limited safety training for students. Sometimes instructors will push an airplane all the way across the ramp into the hangar all by themselves with just a tow bar, and no help from anyone to even guide them. They also have old and beaten up planes with things constantly breaking in them and not getting logged because students don't get trained on the importance of logging defects.

And the staff, oh my God. Many of CFC's instructors are more hostile than they are helpful, and most people here are so unapproachable that the learning environment in this place is compromised if not non existent. Most people here will give you an attitude if you ask the simplest of questions. People here act like you're working for them rather than they working for you. Of course there are still some wonderful and helpful staff and instructors here but most I have experienced during my training here were the contrary.

For those looking to get their PPL, especially if they're pursuing a CPL later on for an aviation career, my strong recommendation is avoid this place at all costs and get your PPL done at Mount Royal University or Springbank Air Training College. Much more professional environments in both of those places and much friendlier and more approachable staff and instructors.