Originally Posted by
jester_s1
I'm glad to see you lightened up on your own. For what it is, they give you a good value.
You're hiring a competent instructor who's also an accomplished RC pilot to work with you on your time and at your pace. You're also getting a flying site and the use of their airplane. Even without lodging, to make a week of getting intensive training like that is a pretty great deal. You'll solo and not have bad flying habits at the end of the 5 days, whereas the nice guy at the club who teaches for free might not be able to get you there in 5 months.
Don't mistake my less abrasive tone for acceptance. Yes, I can officially concur Dave's a nice guy. Yes, I can officially concur that Dave's school is legit. Yes, I an aware of just how good Dave is at what he does.
Regardless, I don't believe in what he's doing. And while I understand your defense of his business, it's quite a generalization to assume that you can't get just as good of training at a club. Are there bad instructors out there? Yes. But that's how everything is. It doesn't mean that just because Dave has this big expensive school that no other instructor out there is just as good.
Fact is, I had VERY good instruction. So no matter how good Dave might be, I would never recommend his school to anyone. I just don't believe in it. What he's doing goes against everything this hobby stands for.
I know I would never pay $650 for 5 days of instruction. I've never even spent that much on a single plane. It's not a reasonable price. The only reasonable price is $0. And I won't budge on that.