Went here on a Groupon. $99 for 45 min. flight and 15 min. training on simulator. My wife got it…read morefor a gift knowing how much i love to fly but never got beyond video games. It started out bad as my reservation was cancelled due to weather and no one called. They said they did but i never got it. Anyways, I wasted a trip there only to find that out. Strike one. Next week we tried again. Weather was perfect. Our instructor, Steve, was very friendly and patient. We proceeded to the simulator. The deal was for one person, but they let my wife come in and watch and then come along on the flight as a passenger so it really becomes a deal for 2 which was cool. The trainer explained a lot before i started the simulator. He was quite thorough. I was nervous just on this thing, but I flew that and did fairly well. Then we moved out onto the flight line. He went through the pre-flight inspection on our Cessna trainer with me. Boy, there is like a hundred things to check before you fly. But I'm glad because it's all about safety. He fired up the engine and taxied over to the runway. As we were waiting for clearance from Clarence he asked if i want to take off? I nearly crapped my pants. They usually don't let you do things like this but i guess i exuded such confidence. (LOL). We ended up having to hurry out of the way of more traffic so he took control to get us going. Then he had me take the wheel and pull up when we got to speed. It was awesome! I was flying! He let me fly the whole way as we climbed, banked around and headed to Lake Pleasant and back doing different maneuvers and teaching me about navigation. As I descended into the airport he asked me if I wanted to land. Again I nearly soiled my Fruit of the Looms. I've had trouble with the rudder pedals before and declined knowing I could send us into the ditch by wildly swerving left and right. But I got us pretty close to the ground before he took over. I've done this one other time at another facility and they didn't give me this much control and time at "the stick" or training. If you are looking for something different and novel to do, I highly recommend this. I was on an adrenaline high all day!

Before I had my mid life career change.... I spoke with…read moreseveral pilots at many different airports. All said this school was top notch. One school I interviewed at said they would hire me on the spot if I went through WESTWIND school. That's just to tip of my reasons. I drive almost at hour each way and havnt found a better group of people wanting to help at any time with any questions. I have received my PPL and IR rating. Will def continue here

Came here for two months this year, it was by far one of the worst experiences of my life. First…read moreoff they will tell you whatever it takes to get you in the door. Their website touts 7 ratings in 10-14months, 2-2.5yrs to the airlines... in reality it's taking them over 2 years to get students to 7 ratings, then you still have the 1500hrs to build after that. Out of the people they put me into their housing with; one individual was past the two year mark an barely working on his CFI and the other was at 7 months and barely up to his second stage check for PPL! Their focus is on their Cathay students, and they throw American students on the back burner. Cathay gets the best flight blocks and they will steal your plane if there's anything that breaks or needs maintenance on theirs, that way the Cathay students can get their flight hours.... Meanwhile you're stuck twiddling your thumbs. It's Phoenix and heat is to be expected, 95% percent of their planes do not have AC and rarely have functional blowers, greatly restricting the hours they can be operated in most months, and leaving you either sweating to death or not flying at all. They sell the program as having a lot of in person education in regard to the ground school. The reality is you'll have a ground school 4-6hrs a week and the rest of the education they offer will be home-study on a tablet, which they charge you over 1,800 dollars for the course work and is the equivalent of buying gold seal or sportys which you could get for $2-300 dollars. They tout having sims available for student use at no charge with unlimited access, in reality the sims are terrible, out of date, nothing like flying and often broken. If you want to use the sim you'll have to go in the middle of the night as they schedule "missions" on them during the day and there will be no availability. Flights are not scheduled until 6pm the day prior, so you have no room to plan ahead, (they literally require you to have no job or other school during your time as a student) then it's a crapshoot if you let actually able to fly or not, given factors I've mentioned prior. If you're lucky enough to get a flight block it's never more than 2 hours long, 1 hour of which will be eaten up doing preflight, taxi out and clearance. With that 1 hour you'll be lucky to get once or maybe twice a week they expect you to be wholly proficient and if you fall out of their "standards" they have no issue saying you have to retain/retake that lesson which will set you back an extra $6-700 dollars plus the time wasted trying to get the flight block. Their program is set up in away to be incentivized to fail you, which they will do often, then if you go to the admin asking for help they put you on a learning plan which is not set up to help the student but rather position them so that they can kick you out by saying it's all due to the students underperformance. Yep they will rake you over the coals, then say it's all because you didn't apply yourself. For a school with $120,000 dollar price tag they do not care about your success, they care about getting your money. They have no problem with the students not being scheduled for flights for weeks at a time, then expect you to show up and perform as though you've flown 6 times a week. Their hosing is outrageous $700 a month for a shared room, which again is only to serve to line their pockets as you will be paying $700 and lucky to fly 5-6 times in the month. They shame you if you ask to swap an instructor, and blame you as though your just trying to be difficult and will set you back at least a week saying it's admin trying to swap your instructor. If you're paying over 100k for a school you should be able to try every available instructor until you jive with one, not be assigned one and shamed if you don't get along. If you take a loan and withdraw early they will drag their feet on getting the excess funds returned to the lender, it took them over 2 months after the time they quoted! They blamed it on Zuntafi, but when finally getting them to clarify the date the funds were sent back on they had not sent them as the claimed they had earlier! They told me the ACH takes weeks.. standard ACH is 3 business days... it was going round and round with them just to get the unused money sent back. Just under two months at their school and I was out over $10,000! Not counting the money I spent to move myself from Portland to Phoenix to attend their institution. $10,000 for a grand total of 15 flight hours.... 15 flight hours over the course of two months. I wish I trusted my instinct after arriving the first day and hearing my roommates horror stories of the school, I begrudgingly stayed solely because of the amount of energy and money it took to relocate across country. I could elaborate more and honestly go for hours on how truly horrendous this sham of an institution is, but I'll leave it at this; Don't walk, RUN! As far away as possible from this money pit.

Every time I attend recurrent training I always learn something new and am glad I came.read more

Wow What a great experience Kaylin Smith was very, very professional. She explained all the aspects…read moreof the flight from take off the landing she answered all of my sons questions and made sure he was ready and allowed him to fly the plane. my son had a huge smile on his face from start to finish.

I did a bit of homework before I booked a Discovery Flight as a treat for myself. I talked to a…read morecouple of aviator buddies, and all have said this place was really good. I've now been here twice, and the staff have been great both times. Initially, I came for a tour and then set up a Discovery Flight a few weeks later. I was paired up with a female CFI, and it was a really good fit. CL was amazing with me from start to finish and really took the time to show me things, and I really appreciated that. We did a flight pre check, and then both climbed in and got ready to fly. The great thing about this place is that they have all the same Cessna 172s to teach their students. And, they all use G1000s EFIS. Maintainence of planes are done in-house, and everyone talks about how regularly they upkeep their planes and all are in very good condition. It was really fun going on this Discovery Flight, and I'm hooked! The next step is to get the process going to get my PPL...so I'll be back here soon enough.

I highly recommend training at Scottsdale Executive Flight Training. Currently as a 777 Pilot and…read morecertified flight instructor myself, I sent my daughter here after a disastrous time at Sierra Charlie Aviation. She spent over 6 months at Sierra Charlie Aviation and because of their incompetence, lack of awareness and poor scheduling, I pulled my daughter out of their program and sent her to Scottsdale Executive Flight Training. She was paired up with her instructor Maddie Moles, whom I cant say enough good things about. Under Maddie's supervision and instruction, my daughter, Calie has far exceeded and excelled at this flight school. They keep you informed, aware of progress and have a plan in place to keep their students moving forward at all times. Not only was Maddie instrumental in Calie's progress, the Chief pilot and head of Cessna training, Nick Lane, went above and beyond to make sure Calie was ready to pass her check ride without issues. Calie is looking forward to continuing training here at Scottsdale Executive!

Booked a surprise flight pilot ride for my wife on here birthday, however, it was a flop, and the…read moreflight was canceled on her birthday due to bad weather. We got to know about it once we reached the airport. Anyways we had to reschedule and as per availability, got for 2 weeks later. My wife loved it and it was a nice experience overall. Not easy to handle Cessna's but worth the once-in-a-lifetime experience. The pilot who flew with my wife was nice and welcoming. He engaged in small talk and did not let my wife bore me during the flight by answering all the queries. Taking away one star since I had to followup multiple times for the downgrade difference refund.

Nice people, but having to buy my own insurance, and then pay full price for the rental didn't work…read morefor me

From the owner: Ever wanted to fly, but not sure it's for you? Take advantage of our "Discovery Flight", a…read morehands-on 30 minute flight where you get to actually fly the aircraft. A half hour flight is only $100 Private License Instrument Rating Commercial License CFI/CFII Multi-Engine Multi Instrument Flight Reviews Aircraft Rental Trial/Discovery Flights

Amazing school! I was about to sign up for another larger flight school then decided last minute to…read morelook at some reviews. I'm so glad I did. I've had great experiences, expectations have been exceeded, my instructors are professional and extremely knowledgeable. Easy access to DPE's which has saved me a lot of time and stress. I've heard horror stories from other people who have gone to some of the larger schools, and I'm lucky that I can't relate. Planes are maintained really well, great avionics, safe environment to learn. I've never felt pressured to do a flight that I wasn't comfortable with while still safely expanding my limits. I love that they tailor every part of the process to the individual. My instructors, Riggs, Andrew and Kyle are top notch. Even instructors that aren't assigned to work with me are willing to help and answer questions. Alex is my go to whenever I have a question! She is probably the most knowledgeable pilot I've ever met. I can't imagine where I would be in my aviation journey if I hadn't taken a second to look at the reviews. I'm so grateful I ended up at American Flyers!

Thank you Adam!! Just took the three day course to pass my private pilot written exam. The course…read moreand material was spot on. The instructor did a amazing job of answering questions and keeping us on track. Start of the first day I was nervous about passing. By the end of the third I had confidence to take the exam. I scored a 91% on the practice test Then a 90% on the actual exam!!!!!! Adam- your awesome!

Definitely a great training center for aviation. I've enjoyed my time at this location and little…read moreairport.

Arizona flight training center is an amazing school to train at! Nothing but a wonderful experience…read morehere. From Rick the owner, to Sean the chief pilot, Judy and Leann at the front desk, they are all very welcoming. I have been there since private pilot and am currently finishing up my CFI and couldn't be happier. I want to give a huge recommendation and shout out to my instructor Christian. I was one of the lucky ones who didn't have to hop from instructor to instructor until I found a good one. I was paired with him from the start and he is extremely knowledgeable, experienced, professional and safe pilot. He has over 10,000 hours of experience and yet is still somehow able to be extremely passionate about teaching new students. I felt like I got the attention I needed from him as if I were his first student! His training was extremely efficient, and thanks to him I am a very well trained, experienced and competent pilot. If you come to Arizona flight training center to train, I highly recommend you ask for Christian! I have no doubt you will receive proper training to above and beyond the standards!

Ben has been an excellent flight instructor for me and is honestly just a really nice guy who's…read moreeasy to learn from. He's a true people person who actually listens and understands how I learn, then adjusts his teaching to match. That made every lesson productive and comfortable. He's knowledgeable, calm, and safety focused, and the way he explains things makes challenging concepts much easier to understand. I was able to earn my Private Pilot License with Ben, and I'm now continuing my training with him as I work toward my IFR rating. His briefings and debriefs are always thorough and constructive, and I never feel rushed or talked over. Everyone else I've met at Leopard Aviation has also been awesome. The other instructors, including Logan, are always friendly and take the time to say hi when I walk in, which genuinely makes me want to keep coming back. I'd highly recommend Leopard Aviation to anyone looking for high quality instruction in a welcoming, professional environment.

Great flight school. All new C172's with G1000's. 10/10 recommend. The instructors, front desk, and…read moreowners are all helpful and available and have made getting my ratings a wonderful experiences.

I met with Sawyer Aviation several times to work on a plan to accomplish a multi-engine/ commercial…read moreadd on. I was impressed with the professionalism and how structured the process was. I ended up working with them to get the rating done. Jonathan, the head of the flight school, was the CFI I'd be working with. I'm so glad I did. He was able to teach to my learning style and we worked really well together. We met early and stayed late to get me ready for the check-ride. Coming from northern California, I booked out a week to accomplish the task. Unfortunately, the DA-42 Twin Star broke. A broken fuel injector in one of the engines made it impossible to train in the limited time frame. I had to leave and come back. On my second trip back, the night before the check-ride, I got news of a friends passing in an aviation incident. Thanks to Jonathan's prep, the following day, I was able to pass the oral portion of the check-ride with flying colors and discontinued on the flying portion. I re-booked for a return visit. Upon coming out, the aircraft had an other issue during one of our flights. Sawyer's in house mechanics both times went above and beyond to get the aircraft back in service but the parts needed to be special ordered from Europe. Being in aviation and an aircraft owner, things like this just happen no matter how well an aircraft is maintained. Throughout this process, I was able to witness a side of aviation that most don't get to see. Sawyer's maintenance team rocks and worked their butt off to make sure things are tip top. Even though I wasn't able to finish my multi-engine commercial add on at Sawyer, they did take care of me. Jonathan built a foundation for me to finish a few months later back in northern California and I earned my ratings. I wouldn't hesitate recommending Sawyer Flight academy because not only did they treat me well, they training I received was top notch.

Loved the experience. It was my first time as well as hubby's first time. Bought a 30 minute sunset…read moreflight over a city of our choice (nearby of course) for a romantic birthday surprise for the boyfriend. We both did not know what to expect. Specially him who had no idea what we were doing there. Lol the 2 wonderful guys were kind enough to keep everything a secret for the hubby. We enjoyed every second seeing the sun set. It was beautiful! After our flight with our amazing pilot we had a champagne toast. Definitely looking forward to another one.