The national average for getting a pilot's license is over 70 hours of training. Most schools use flight instructors who are trying to build up their hours so they can go on to the airlines. Most schools leave their training to instructors whose primary motivation is to get more hours, not get you qualified for your license. The FAA requirement is only 40 hours for a Pilots License and only 20 hours for a Sport Pilot license. Could the reason it is taking longer be due to the flight training?
Airgyro Aviation has a different program. First of all our instructors are professionals who train for their careers. Secondly, we have a program that is designed to get you to your goal as quickly as possible. For example, we offer one-on-one ground school training, simulator practice, and special test preparation. We utilize your in-flight hours to address your weaknesses and make you a good pilot.
Our program includes getting you a Sport Pilot license first. That can happen in as little as 15 hours of training. Then you can solo. That means building hours on your own as soon as you are qualified. This approach costs you less because you can build hours without paying for an instructor to just sit in the right seat, and it gets you the best experience, plus a license to fly. (There are so many people out there with 40 and more hours who never did get their pilots license.) All the hours you accumulate as a Sport Pilot count toward your regular pilots license.
For those who want to go on to become a commercial pilot or become a certified flight instructor, or prepare to be an airline pilot, Airgyro has a better approach for you. The standard practice at most training schools is to move from basic training to complex training in a single engine aircraft. (Complex training means using retractable landing gear, variable pitch props, instruments, etc.) The drawback to this approach is that all of these "complex" training hours only get you a higher rating. But they don't help you get a job. The commercial jobs available and the airlines all require hours in multi-engine aircraft. So Airgyro Aviation has learned that we can save you hundreds of hours of costs and time, buy simply giving you your "complex" training in a twin engine aircraft. That way all of your time counts not just toward a single rating, but also toward a multi-engine rating and more importantly toward your job qualifications as well. (Most airlines require 2,500 multi-engine hours. They don't count single engine hours.)
Airgyro Aviation also offers another bonus. We offer training hours in gyroplanes, which are simple to fly rotorcraft. For those who want to fly as safely as possible, for those who want to have more fun flying, for those love sight seeing or game spotting, the gyroplane is incomparable. But for those who want commercial jobs, time in a gyroplane is unique. It counts toward a fixed wing pilots license, and it also counts as rotorcraft time toward a helicopter pilots license. Getting training in a gyroplane, on your way toward a pilots license adds variety, fun, and gives you dual rotorcraft/fixed wing aircraft hours. This is a better way.
