Complaint Review: National Pilot Academy - Cedar City Utah

So... im a student of National Pilot Academy. Started in January of 2007 and still havent completed the promised 4-6 months of training. = ( i have been working on my CFI for the last 2 and a half months. They gave me the books and all the material and also gave it to about 6 other students and told us the first to get the lesson plans and quizes finished first gets to be first in line. so im here working my a*s off trying to get this done along with working a job to survive. and doing 70% of the course on my own. but they still want to charge me the full price. go figure on monday the 9th of March 2009, the school decides to close and take everyones money and run, stealing about $20,000 from me personally, go figure. they started 2 students three days before, imagine how they feel? The company has been working illegally for who knows how long and the Attorney General has been investigating the company for quite awhile. they have been ignoring all contact with the Attorney General and closed for fear of losing everything. which they will anyway and hopefully end up in prison. i sure hope that "Real Pilot" finished his contract to instruct. if not im 100% confident that his opinion has changed. Lucky for future persons or people that have been looking into this school have not gotten sucked in. if this school owes you money leave a contact number or e-mail address posted below. thanks.

Unfortunately for most students I know who are attending or have attended NPA you Mr. "Real Pilot" are the exception to the rule. My roommate is a student at NPA and numerous times he has been stood up by instructors. This as you may well know sets students back when they're not able to take their tests. In addition to having a roommate who goes to NPA I know many other individuals who have very similar dealings with them as described by the author of the original thread. I can't vouch for all of their work ethics or dedication to completing the courses but I can vouch for my roommates dedication and work ethic. At one point in time the plane he was assigned to fly was down for almost 6 months. When they finally fixed it, it was a matter of days before my roommate completed enough hours to satisfy the requirements of the certification he was working on. Mr. "Real Pilot" is correct in a way, if you want to complete training with NPA you can but it might take more than the 4-6 months they advertise it will take. It will also take a little more than just the desire and hard work he says it takes to achieve your dream of being a pilot. It will take patience rivaled by Job alone and putting up with lie after lie, excuse after excuse. For those of you out there thinking of becoming a pilot there are plenty of reputable schools to choose from. National Pilot Academy in my opinion doesn't make that list!

Unfortunately for most students I know who are attending or have attended NPA you Mr. "Real Pilot" are the exception to the rule. My roommate is a student at NPA and numerous times he has been stood up by instructors. This as you may well know sets students back when they're not able to take their tests. In addition to having a roommate who goes to NPA I know many other individuals who have very similar dealings with them as described by the author of the original thread. I can't vouch for all of their work ethics or dedication to completing the courses but I can vouch for my roommates dedication and work ethic. At one point in time the plane he was assigned to fly was down for almost 6 months. When they finally fixed it, it was a matter of days before my roommate completed enough hours to satisfy the requirements of the certification he was working on. Mr. "Real Pilot" is correct in a way, if you want to complete training with NPA you can but it might take more than the 4-6 months they advertise it will take. It will also take a little more than just the desire and hard work he says it takes to achieve your dream of being a pilot. It will take patience rivaled by Job alone and putting up with lie after lie, excuse after excuse. For those of you out there thinking of becoming a pilot there are plenty of reputable schools to choose from. National Pilot Academy in my opinion doesn't make that list!

Unfortunately for most students I know who are attending or have attended NPA you Mr. "Real Pilot" are the exception to the rule. My roommate is a student at NPA and numerous times he has been stood up by instructors. This as you may well know sets students back when they're not able to take their tests. In addition to having a roommate who goes to NPA I know many other individuals who have very similar dealings with them as described by the author of the original thread. I can't vouch for all of their work ethics or dedication to completing the courses but I can vouch for my roommates dedication and work ethic. At one point in time the plane he was assigned to fly was down for almost 6 months. When they finally fixed it, it was a matter of days before my roommate completed enough hours to satisfy the requirements of the certification he was working on. Mr. "Real Pilot" is correct in a way, if you want to complete training with NPA you can but it might take more than the 4-6 months they advertise it will take. It will also take a little more than just the desire and hard work he says it takes to achieve your dream of being a pilot. It will take patience rivaled by Job alone and putting up with lie after lie, excuse after excuse. For those of you out there thinking of becoming a pilot there are plenty of reputable schools to choose from. National Pilot Academy in my opinion doesn't make that list!

Unfortunately for most students I know who are attending or have attended NPA you Mr. "Real Pilot" are the exception to the rule. My roommate is a student at NPA and numerous times he has been stood up by instructors. This as you may well know sets students back when they're not able to take their tests. In addition to having a roommate who goes to NPA I know many other individuals who have very similar dealings with them as described by the author of the original thread. I can't vouch for all of their work ethics or dedication to completing the courses but I can vouch for my roommates dedication and work ethic. At one point in time the plane he was assigned to fly was down for almost 6 months. When they finally fixed it, it was a matter of days before my roommate completed enough hours to satisfy the requirements of the certification he was working on. Mr. "Real Pilot" is correct in a way, if you want to complete training with NPA you can but it might take more than the 4-6 months they advertise it will take. It will also take a little more than just the desire and hard work he says it takes to achieve your dream of being a pilot. It will take patience rivaled by Job alone and putting up with lie after lie, excuse after excuse. For those of you out there thinking of becoming a pilot there are plenty of reputable schools to choose from. National Pilot Academy in my opinion doesn't make that list!

I have been a student at National Pilot Academy for some time now and this is what I know to be true: Some people come to school with nothing more than the ambition and drive to get a career in aviation as a pilot. These students not only pay their tuition, but they make sacrifices in their normal lives to achieve their dreams. No doubt, life is tough when school eats all your attention everyday and leaves little to no time for a regular job to get by on. But people overcome these obstacles all the time if it is what they really want. Other people pay tuition and expect to be taken on a ride that ends with them being a pilot that is ushered into a job somewhere. It doesn't matter what school you go to, you will not survive with that mind-set. National Pilot Academy has the facilities, staff, and fleet to train people off the street to become pilots. The rest is up to the individual. It is not uncommon for some to make excuses why it didn't work out for them. It is plain to me that they just didn't want it bad enough because I am getting every penny's worth out of what I paid to be here.