Dean International

Reviewers Male / Female Recommend Yes / No Number of Reviews Instruction & Ground School School Facilities Aircraft & Courses Cost Total Average Rating
12 / 1 3 / 10 13 4.30 4.38 3.46 4.46 4.15

Date Submitted: August 27, 2010
Flight School: Dean International
Location: FL - Miami, United States
Instruction & Ground School: 5 out of 10
School Facilities: 6 out of 10
Aircraft & Courses: 1 out of 10
Cost: 4 out of 10
Recommend: No
Review: Cheap isn't always good.
It was easy to be lured by the price. It was less than what I expected and less than other schools I contacted. I guess this is an example of the old saying "if it is too good to be true, it probably is". Ultimately the reality was quite different. The cost was much higher than expected and more than I would have spent flying at one of the quality schools at Tamiami. This was just a bad experience over all. My instructor was good and the offices are nice so it was easy to believe in the beginning. It wasn't long before reality set in and the condition of the planes and how maintenance is handled became an issue. Things are disorganized. You never know who owns the plane you are flying, who insures it, if at all or who is responsible for it. I am flying at another school now and what a difference. If I had only known.

Here are some links to follow for more information on one of their recent accidents. Apparently there have been several.
http://www.justnews.com/news/24676408/detail.html
http://cbs4.com/local/plane.crash.miami.2.1866914.html

Comments [ 2 ]
Submitted by: tangobravo
36 year-old   ::   Male Reviewer   ::   miami

Date Submitted: August 13, 2010
Flight School: Dean International
Location: FL - Miami, United States
Instruction & Ground School: 8 out of 10
School Facilities: 9 out of 10
Aircraft & Courses: 3 out of 10
Cost: 7 out of 10
Recommend: No
Review: Truth about Dean International Flight School
Years ago, Dean International was a very well respected flight school. The instructors were very friendly and Mr. Dean was very much part of the school environment.

What I see now is that the school has lowered its standards regarding who comes to the school and who doesn't. I find it very sad that once us, the old students and renters, took care of those planes (no headsets on top of the panel, placed all shields to protect the plane from the sun, kept them clean, etc.)

Nowadays it's a shame to see how badly treated these planes are. My understanding is that the high abuse is due to the Indian students training at the school. They do not take care of the planes and do not care since they are just there to train and leave.

One day this flock of students will no longer be there and the old school of pilots that loved to rent planes from Dean will migrate to other places (there are several other places that rent planes in very nice condition.)

Dean, what a shame that you have let the students run down your assets.
Comments [ 0 ]
Submitted by: Old_School_Pilot
40 year-old   ::   Male Reviewer   ::   Miami, FL

Date Submitted: August 13, 2010
Flight School: Dean International
Location: FL - Miami, United States
Instruction & Ground School: 9 out of 10
School Facilities: 9 out of 10
Aircraft & Courses: 9 out of 10
Cost: 10 out of 10
Recommend: Yes
Review: BEST SCHOOL TO BE WITH
DEAR ALL
WITH ANY DOUBTS DEAN IS AMONG THE BEST SCHOOLS WHERE YOU CAN GET A CPL. UPON THAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE COST AND THE FACILITES IT IS DEFINITELY THE BEST. NOT ONLY THIS I HAS THE APPROPRIATE ENVIORNMENT FOR THE INDIANS ESPECIALLY
Comments [ 1 ]
Submitted by: KUMAR
25 year-old   ::   Male Reviewer   ::   CHENNAI

Date Submitted: June 20, 2010
Flight School: Dean International
Location: FL - Miami, United States
Instruction & Ground School: 1 out of 10
School Facilities: 1 out of 10
Aircraft & Courses: 1 out of 10
Cost: 1 out of 10
Recommend: No
Review: worst school in america for indian students
dean international is the worst school i have ever seen.they dont knw how to respect students.i was from pan am they never told me my account details. if you r planing to go to this school please drop this plan because i am planing to write an application to dgca about the overlogging which is going on this school. i know student who has done 40hours over log and Mr robert dean has signed on their logbook.their airplanes are in the worst condion.they dont even know how to respect girls. one of the instructor is after girls every time and Mr dean is okey with it.i will try my best to shut down this school. i have also spoken to the government authorites regarging this hope its gonna shut down soon.
Comments [ 1 ]
Submitted by: indian
21 year-old   ::   Male Reviewer   ::   new delhi

Date Submitted: June 8, 2010
Flight School: Dean International
Location: FL - Miami, United States
Instruction & Ground School: 4 out of 10
School Facilities: 1 out of 10
Aircraft & Courses: 2 out of 10
Cost: 7 out of 10
Recommend: No
Review: stay out
stay away stay away stay away dats the best review i can give every single plane sucks,not a single plane airworthy
Comments [ 0 ]
Submitted by: aman
22 year-old   ::   Male Reviewer   ::   delhi

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