This review for Fresno Flight Training is a long long overdue. I met Marty early June 2022 on a Sunday afternoon. I have been reading reviews about all the FLight schools in the Fresno Clovis area and something struck me about Fresno Flight training, everyone kept talking about this Marty guy! I grabbed my 12-year-old son and drag him out there and walked in the front door and just as you would imagine, there was Marty! I knew it was him before he introduced himself. Next thing I knew he had my son and I in his training room, telling us all about what it takes to become a private pilot and what differentiates his school for many others across the nation. Before we left that day, I ended up on a discovery flight while my son road around the airport with Marty on the golf cart. It was a great day and I was hooked. Now a lot has happened since then but fast forward almost 14 months. This past Thursday, July 20 I passed my private pilot check ride and achieved a lifelong goal of becoming a pilot. Just this morning I took my dad out for an almost 2 hour flight over Millerton and Pineflat Lakes. I could go on and on about Marty, his wife, Susie, and all the instructors and people I have met at Fresno Flight training not to mention truly excellent and comfortable facilities and a fleet of well-maintained and safe training aircraft. Truly a wonderful place with great people , an incredible community to be a part of. I am just a normal late 40 -year-old guy who is married with a few kids. If I can do this, anyone can do it. If you're reading this review it's because you have also had this interest and maybe for a very long time. I encourage you to head out to Fresno, Flight Training, and introduce yourself to Marty and Susie. You will not be disappointed. Like Warren Miller used to say in his ski videos " if you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do".
Upon posting the above review, I read the three negative reviews from the 3 past employees. So I would like to add this, their reviews and comments are preposterous, and mostly outright lies! I know who each of these characters are and the issue is not with Marty and the flight school it lies with them. While they may be "professional pilots"having done the schooling and training, they are children! All three of them! Immature, irresponsible, unappreciative, and mostly entitled children! I know how they are treated, I know that they were paid all winter when the weather conditions did not allow for flying. I'm embarrassed for them as they're going to have some tough times ahead if they really expect to have their asses, kissed by their employer. Think about the responsibility of running a Flight school, sending instructors in their early 20s up in airplanes with people of zero aviation experience. The fact is, if rules are not followed, if details are not paid attention to, people will die! I am an employer myself, and cannot imagine the responsibilities of running a school like this. Regarding the cost, aviation is not cheap! Everything is more expensive today than it was just a few years ago, big shock! But I guess if mom and dad have been paying for your training or you are a student loans, you wouldn't know that at 23 years old. Honestly, the last place I would ever want to go cheap is my flight training. I enthusiastically recommend anyone and everyone who has any interest whatsoever in aviation to go out and meet The people at FFT. Go find out for yourself. And feel free to message me directly through this app. I would be pleased to discuss any of this with anyone. And as for the past disgruntled punk employees, grow up! read more