At the beginning of April, I made the decision to pursue a private pilot license. I love traveling…read moreand I figured that having the certificate would allow me to access destinations in a shorter period of time and combine my love for adventure and freedom as well as test my resolve and commitment to a new and arduous hobby. Every spare weekend and evening that I've had has been dedicated to flight training at the Lancaster Airport with my trusty instructor, Bob Smith (Robert C Smith). I found him through the Western New York Flying Club, which is a non-profit flying club whose goal is to make flying affordable and accessible to all. For $100/month, which covers insurance and maintenance of the planes -- you get to access their fleet of four airplanes practically at-cost for what it would cost you to own them yourself. You're basically a co-owner of these planes, along with all the other club members. The result? Much cheaper flying and instruction. As part of the club, there are a few CFIs -- those with a certified flying instructor rating who can help you on your journey to get your license. Bob Smith is one of those. A retired guy who has saved my life in the process of training, now...on at least on a few occasions. What I love about Bob is that he will let you make mistakes pretty ruthlessly as you learn to fly (it is a part of the process!), but he always keeps you safe as he's able to judge very accurately those moments when it's absolutely necessary to recover from that mistake. The result? Fast-paced learning. I've logged about 12 hours of flight time with Bob so far and last week celebrated a milestone of my first landing where he didn't manipulate the flight controls at all. No, it wasn't exactly a solo flight, but he didn't touch a thing. I was super proud of that and I'm grateful to have Bob as my instructor. His rate is $50/hour and you must belong to the club in order to access the trainer (unless you have access to a plane of your own), but joining is pretty simple and painless. It will save you lots of money in the long run as opposed to going to a traditional flight school. Another plus? It's super flexible as opposed to a flight school. He's available most weekends and you can schedule a few lessons at your schedule's convenience. I wish Bob would utilize a syllabus a bit more. The lessons feel a bit unstructured at times, but they do all come together. At first I was worried that "I wasn't learning," but after completing that "unassisted" landing in a Cessna 172, I'm 100% singing my praises for Bob. If you're considering pursuing a pilot's license, definitely look into him as one of your options!

Not my usual stomping grounds. In fact I didn't know it existed here at all. It's behind…read moreRussell's Steakhouse. As in, take the Russell's driveway and just keep going back. You'll see a building at the back end of the parking lot. That's the school. I was here for a cooking class. Very nice kitchen be perfect for classes. Which is good as I gather they work with Russell's somehow, the building has that name on it too. There's a nice lounge area where we are the food we made. It all seems new and clean etc. if I were a student I'd probably like the environment. I'd definitely like the parking which is super easy.

I graduated from Trocaire College in May of 2018 with a degree in Radiologic Technology. At the…read moretime I entered the school, the program had a great reputation, with teachers and staff that had years of experience at the college and in the field. My class was the first class where they took on almost twice as many students. This meant they had to cut the clinic time in half for us because they no longer had enough sites to place us at. The long time director knew this would have negative consequences for the students and for the field, and because she opposed this, she was fired. After that things really started to deteriorate and a couple long time teachers began their exit. I felt like a guinea pig for almost two years. There was an extreme lack of leadership and many students came out unprepared due to not having enough clinic time. The only real message Trocaire College gave me is that they ONLY care about money. I got a good degree, and afterwards a good job, but for the price you pay you might as well go to a community college where you'll pay 1/3 the price. save yourself the trouble.

Been going there for a few months up until recently as I will never step foot back inside this…read moreschool/business. Was told that the massage therapist would not work on me after I told him that I had consumed cannabis prior to appointment. He told me if it was prescribed by a doctor then it would have been acceptable. Not 1 other therapist had an issue with this as this is how I manage my pain.

Unfortunately, my first experience here will be my last…read more There was a woman seeking clients to do a 50 minute facial for $25 so she could graduate. Sounded like a great deal and I messaged her. She instructed me that I had to call the school to book. No problem. My appointment was all set for today (Wednesday) at 3:15pm. On Monday, this girl messaged me confirming my appointment at 2:00pm Wednesday. I said either the lady told me the wrong time or I entered the wrong time of 3:15. But I said I could accommodate 2pm if that's the real time. She said yes 2pm. I said ok see you then and she hearted my comment. I moved some other errands around for after our appt. I arrived Wednesday at 2pm and the lady at the desk still had me at 3:15. I showed her our messages and the lady at the desk said ok well she is here she just finished a client. At 2:12 I messaged the girl I was here, just in case. By 2:30 she never messaged me back and I was still sitting there so I went to the desk again. The original girl who checked me in was gone. Cut to the chase, these other ladies told me they didn't know about all this and the girl wasn't even here (contrary to what I was told earlier). At this point I asked for my refund and left. It is 2:50 now and the girl did just message me to apologize that she was looking at an old schedule (my original appt had to be rescheduled but it was a completely different day and I'm confused by this still ... also, if I state I had the appt as 3:15 I would think it would prompt you to double check the schedule and see who has the correct time). Either way, bummer. Mistakes happen but when a job is literally based on scheduled appointment times that should not be happening. Accidents happen, but after all this, I will not be back and will continue my regular priced services at a reliable location. After reading other reviews, it seems there is some scheduling issues here unfortunately.

Errant Community College is a school where everything is wrong. The students are wrong on every…read morepaper they turn in. The teachers are wrong to even attempt to school them. The board is wrong to engage in the devil-cult activities in the main offices on Wednesday nights at 10pm. And the local police are wrong to park all their damn vehicles here and give innocent people like me the willies every time we speed, I mean, drive past this campus. Luckily in truth, it's Erie, rather than Errant. It's a lovely modern campus with fantastic, lush soccer fields, located in one of the richest suburbs in the region. It's a much more boring campus than the haunting, impressive campus downtown. When my significant other (at the time) took classes here, I spent a lot of time here too. I even took a class with her myself, partly to not be bored, and partly because I found it interesting. The prices were so shockingly cheap (for American education standards) that it was heart-warmingly affordable. Education should be free, but ECC is close enough to free (depending on what you do) that most people can afford to do something here if they work at the same time. All of the professors I've had the pleasure of meeting, sitting in with, or taking a class under (4 or 5 of them total from all categories) have been very pleasant and interesting. This is very important at any education facility.

Plus one star for organization and great website; it makes the start up of going to ECC great…read moreespecially when you're a full time worker. Plus one star for knowledgable professors. I had one who wasn't sure what he was doing but was still helpful. My accounting professor was nothing short of amazing. No star for bathrooms and staying up to date. Very old amenities throughout the buildings and the bathrooms are too out dated. It's a bad time. Plus one star for administration. Always answer the phone, always answer on IM, the online BlackBoard website is nice and has an app. Plus one star for Library. Friendly staff. All new windows 8 computers and always some available. Unfortunately the hours on weekends and summers are very bad. When you're trying to actually learn this can be a great resource and it's terrible it isn't open more often. Minus one star for cutting back from late night courses. I had to arrange to leave work early to be there for the 5pm classes. Barely any are offered after 5pm which is a huge detriment to people looking for an education while working in a real job. Also, computer science doesn't qualify as a science elective?? Is this not the 21st century, it is one of the most important sciences. Many of my professors had worked or still worked at Niagara University, Canisius, and other great schools and have many accomplishments. ECC is a good school but they aren't working hard enough at assisting adults in receiving their education. We can't be at school all day. We need more night courses and better library hours.

I love my school all the teachers are so nice we need more people though so if you see this and…read moreyour catholic you should consider going here