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| Our course is designed to be completed in 14 days (10 days actual
training plus the checkride day). The fixed price for the course includes 14 nights
stay at one of the Big Island’s finest oceanfront hotels. Your course fee also
includes up to 25 hours in one of our fully IFR Cessna or Piper aircraft, as well as
unlimited simulator and instructor time for the full 10 training days, and all the course
publications and study materials . |
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| We assign one instructor exclusively to you during your stay, so
you can be sure that all of your time will be productively spent. Hawaii Flight Academy
is an FAA-certified Part 141 school, so our course syllabi and all of our record
keeping conform to the FAA’s highest standards. The prerequisites for our accelerated
course are as follows: a completed Instrument Written Test, and at least 47 hours of
cross-county PIC time. |
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| 2. Choose a Training Date |
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| We like to start each Accelerated Instrument course on a Monday. In
order to ensure that we can dedicate an aircraft and instructor to each student, we accept
only a limited number of students into our intensive courses at any one time. For this
reason, we’ll ask for a deposit of $2,000, which we’ll put on account for you to
hold your training date. Your deposit is fully refundable should you need to cancel for
any reason as long as we receive advance notice of at least 30 days. |
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| Since space is limited, we recommend that you call and set a
tentative course date now. If necessary, you can always revise your training times at a
later date. Once we’ve received your deposit, our service representative will be
happy to assist with arranging for a car rental or anything else that you would find
helpful as you plan for your trip to the Islands. |
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| 3. Receive Advance Training Materials |
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| Shortly after confirming your training date, you will receive
advance preparation materials, and arrival information to help prepare you for your stay
during your training in Hawaii. |
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| 4. Pass Your Written Test |
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| We require that you complete your written test prior to beginning
the course. In this way, we can devote the full training time to the practical aspects of
earning your rating. For students who are not in the vicinity of a testing facility, we do
provide computerized testing at our Hilo office for written test completion prior to
training. |
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| 5. FLY to the Beautiful Big Island of
Hawaii |
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| Our island is less developed than Oahu, Maui, and Kauai, with wide
open stretches that are perfect for practice areas. We maintain two campuses for our
training programs. Our original location is at the Hilo Airport on the east side of the
island, where our students can frequently encounter real instrument meteorological
conditions. Our newer facility is located at Keahole Airport in Kona, on the west side of
the island, where the weather is nearly always sunny and warm. |
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| We want every moment of your stay with us to be enjoyable. Two
weeks prior to your arrival, our staff will reconfirm your hotel and rental car
arrangements, to make sure that everything goes smoothly upon arrival. You can expect to
be met at the airport by one of our friendly staff, who will present you with an arrival
orientation package, local maps, and assistance with confirming your transportation and
accommodation arrangements. We encourage our customers to bring along traveling
companions, who are welcome to stay at no additional charge! |
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| We’ve been conducting accelerated courses since 1992, and have
maintained a passing ratio of over 90%. During that time we have continued to improve and
modify our training syllabus, and we’ve become experts in presenting all of the
materials that are the most challenging for students. We make extensive use of our
in-house simulator to help students get used to the scanning techniques, flow patterns,
and the entirely new way of approaching flying that instrument training represents. |
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| You will be assigned a sole, experienced professional instructor
for the duration of your course. You will work approximately eight hours per day with your
instructor, in intensive ground, simulator, and flight sessions. You will find that you
and your instructor will quickly become friends, and will most likely share lunch
together, along with occasional end-of-day bull sessions. Any of our staff members will be
happy to suggest and arrange activities for our students’ traveling companions. |
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| You will find that things are done differently in Hawaii. We are
proud of our heritage of "Aloha." To us, this means treating all our clients as
"family" rather than just mere customers. We purposefully schedule weekends off
so that you can enjoy our beautiful island at your own pace. During the
cross-country phase of training, we encourage you to bring along any interested traveling
companions. Frequently our cross-country flights will include a picnic lunch at a quiet,
remote, seaside airstrip. Your welfare and enjoyment are our primary concern from
the second you arrive until the moment you depart our island. |
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| 8. Pass Your Flight Test! |
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schedule your license checkride with an FAA examiner well in
advance of your start date, generally on the last day of your
course. Our Chief Flight Instructor works very closely with our instructors to ensure that no student is
recommended for a checkride until they meet the school's rigid standards. Each student
must, of course, perform to the FAA's standards for each flight test. Since our
instructors are carefully guided, each recommended student has a very high likelihood of
passing the test on the first attempt. In a worse-case
scenario, in the unlikely event the checkride is unsuccessful, and
schedule/travel constraints preclude a second exam, of course our
client WILL receive an updated application and signed
recommendation form, which may be presented to any FAA examiner at
his/her local airport, and complete the final step of the license
process there! |
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| Occasionally, a student develops a case of "stage fright"
and is unable to perform a portion of the test satisfactorily. In that case, we
immediately provide additional training to correct the deficiency, and reschedule an
additional test, often for the following day. Because of this slight possibility, we
highly recommend that our clients allow at least one additional day beyond our published
course length for additional training and retesting if necessary. Our goal is to send you
home with your rating! |
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| 9. Relax and Appreciate Your Accomplishment
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| Many of our clients choose to remain on our island for a few
additional days after completing training. We are happy to arrange for additional
accommodation days at our very special low rates (generally less than half the normal
tourist rates). We encourage the use of our aircraft after training for solo cross-country
rentals, and can help arrange day or overnight excursions to any of the other 7 beautiful
islands in our chain. |
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| 10. Return Home and Use Your Skills |
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| Our course is designed to create REAL instrument pilots, not just
to issue new pieces of paper for pilots’ wallets. Our school maintains rigid internal
training standards that demand that each student's proficiency be far above the minimum
standards for passing the practical test. We want our clients to return home with
confidence in their new abilities, and with the necessary tools to continue to increase
their proficiency through self-directed practice. |
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| FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
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| What if takes longer than normal for me to be ready for the
flight test? |
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| Based on years of teaching experience, our training program
virtually guarantees success for our students within the flight time maximums for each
course. In a very few isolated instances students have required additional training time.
In those cases, we provide special discounted hourly rates for completion. |
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| I already have some flight instruction; can I receive a discount
from the course fee? |
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| Our past experiences have shown that most students require the full
course of training to reach the proficiency standards we expect. For students with
extensive prior training, we are happy to design a completion course, and train on an
hourly basis. |
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| Must I pass the written test before beginning the training? |
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| Our accelerated training course is specifically designed for
students who have already passed the written test. We are happy to provide training
assistance for the written at an additional cost, prior to beginning the flight training
course. |
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| Do you guarantee that I will pass the checkride and attain the
rating? |
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| We can’t guarantee your personal performance. However, we are
proud of our 90% first-time pass rate. In some rare scases, for a variety of
reasons, a client may NOT be ready for the flight test within the standard course time
frame. We are always ready to provide additional training as necessary in such case.
If a client fails the flight test, we provide additional instruction and arrange for a
second test. |
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| Are there any other hidden costs? |
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| Other than your meals, entertainment, and the flight examiner fee,
all costs are included. |
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