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| Reviewers Male / Female | Recommend Yes / No | Number of Reviews | Instruction & Ground School | School Facilities | Aircraft & Courses | Cost | Total Average Rating |
| 15 / 2 | 8 / 9 | 17 | 6.88 | 5.17 | 6.41 | 4.82 | 5.82 |
| Date Submitted: | April 26, 2009 |
| Flight School: | Epic Aviation |
| Location: | FL - New Smyrna Beach, United States |
| Instruction & Ground School: | 10 out of 10 |
| School Facilities: | 10 out of 10 |
| Aircraft & Courses: | 10 out of 10 |
| Cost: | 8 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | Yes |
| Review: | Awesome planes, simulators and instructors Thanks to Epic I am confident in my piloting abilities. Their fixed price program is not scam. It's not a free-for-all as some other reviewers expected - they hold us to a standard as any good flight school should. With Epic I fly G1000 Cessna 172s, got my private in 60 hours, my instrument in 37 and now timebuild. I fly every day and have been here for 4 months. I totally expect to be finished in the 6 months they said it would take. Epic just got a new wrap around simulator and their new Aviation Skills Development ground school is the best introduction to flying I can imagine. The Instructors are passionate and experienced - most with well over 1000 hours dual given. Domestic or International - this is a great school and great program. Comments [ 11 ] |
| Submitted by: | FlyingPlanes 24 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: Pittsburg, PA |
| Date Submitted: | April 20, 2009 |
| Flight School: | Epic Aviation |
| Location: | FL - New Smyrna Beach, United States |
| Instruction & Ground School: | 10 out of 10 |
| School Facilities: | 9 out of 10 |
| Aircraft & Courses: | 9 out of 10 |
| Cost: | 8 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | Yes |
| Review: | Come and see for yourself I am a student at epic aviation currently I joined in 2009 . There was a time when epic charged between 39000 and 42000 dollars for the fixed price program It wasnt sustainable for them to be in business for that kind of money since oil cost $147 a barrel Either they charged the students more or they had to shut down and the students to find another school somewhere else without getting their money back Which do you think was better ? Today the fixed price program costs me $57,598 and no i dont pay the entire money upfront i only pay in 5 equal monthly installments I also paid a $500 housing deposit which is refundable as long as i dont damage anything in the housing provided I can opt to stay out their housing should i wish and they will only charge $54,300 for the fixed price program And yes they profit from it . Which means they will still be business . They had to fire employees in order to cut their costs as well deduct salaries It really is a great flying school . With a fun environment and one of the best maintained fleet available . Although i must admit their multi engine aircraft was in the maintenance for longer than usual But they are planing to lease a couple of new piper seminole with glass cockpits so that students finish their training on time Now about the negative reviews on Epic Aviation A select few students who probably has never seen the word CLEAN in their dictionary were kicked out of the housing That's because they broke the rules of the housing agreement that they signed They totally trashed the housing... The living conditions were totally horrible... You would puke on the spot if you see it for yourself... And there is more than just a stain on the rug . There are only irreparable stains on the rug . The rugs are 85% stains and the rest visible carpet . Now epic aviation has to replace them at their own expense or else they will lose their contract with Ocean Oaks which affect the rest of the students staying at Ocean Oaks Its good thing that they were kicked out otherwise epic would lose its contract with ocean oaks and all the rest of us would be kicked out to find housing for ourselves The other reviewers about epic aviation seems to have forgotten to mention about the cause that started this whole thing about being kicked out There was party that took place at Ocean Oaks apartment 1622 on March 20th 2009 As per the agreement signed by its students they broke the following violations 1. No parties 2. Underage drinking 3. No smoking inside the house 4. Cop Involvement Somebody called the cops and they came not once but TWICE . They were lucky that they werent arrested . And after all these violations you expect epic to still keep those who violated the rules within their housing . ABSOLUTELY NO !!! I would call epic idiots if they continued to let those students live over there.... All this was despite epic sending a notice that they will be performing surprise inspections at their housing . Sure come to ocean oaks and find out for yourself what happened to these students . Ask the Ocean Oaks management and its workers about it . They will tell you the truth These guys really dont deserve to sit in the cockpit of an aircraft or an airline . They were lucky that epic didnt kick them out of their program for violating the rules and regulations These students who you see online represent only 1/10 of the students at epic The best students finish the program in 6 months some take 7 others 8 or 9 . Thats cause different people learn at different speeds . We are not all created the same Some students take more than a year . Thats because they dont study on time and simply keep postponing their classes and come to class without studying anything despite repeated instructions to study and come Some students that were kicked out of their housing failed their written test more than once I mean c'mon..... The questions are given the answers are given and you guys still cant study .... You need to find another career.... The reason i am putting this review out here is so that future students who plan on coming here are not mislead by a bunch of students who are determined to take revenge on epic by posting negative reviews out here inorder to give epic a bad name Remember they represent less than 1/10 th of the students at epic . I do hope that i given the truth out here I will be posting a review of my experience here at epic once i am done with my commercial Whenever you ask someone for an opinion on a topic never make your descion on one person's opinion alone . Get the other side of the story too. Ask as many as possible P.S : I am a student at epic and not from its management . I came to epic after considering various reviews about it online and with past students who attended there . Somebody please post atleast a link of this review on pprune.org Comments [ 3 ] |
| Submitted by: | iJustwannafly 21 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: Port Orange Florida |
| Date Submitted: | April 10, 2009 |
| Flight School: | Epic Aviation |
| Location: | FL - New Smyrna Beach, 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: | dont walk away RUN...Liers Cheats Please do yourself a favor and stay as far away from this one as you can. They take full money b4 u come n dont have money to pay bills. They sell guarantee course n they kick everyone off the course. accomidation is included in course, n so many have been kicked out of housing, n ve go to office and find out they kick us out when lease comes up just to save money. They leave us stranded like dogs. They kick a student out for stain on a rug. If you retaliate they kick you out. Parents call n call n call n no one answers the phones, or cell phones. Karma will come to those. Oh they are sweet to you until you send money, then they leave you stranded at the airport. The damn sales team are foriegn grads too. They must have owed them money. Liers and Cheats. Only 2 students in new batch. No one wants to come here. just come to Ocean Oaks to talk to the unhappy. Comments [ 3 ] |
| Submitted by: | Cheated and Lied to 18 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: India |
| Date Submitted: | April 9, 2009 |
| Flight School: | Epic Aviation |
| Location: | FL - New Smyrna Beach, United States |
| Instruction & Ground School: | 3 out of 10 |
| School Facilities: | 1 out of 10 |
| Aircraft & Courses: | 5 out of 10 |
| Cost: | 1 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | No |
| Review: | this place is a SCAM!!! cant believe how this school its scamming students, what a difference between their website and the actual facility i mean room :D they just announced that they bought a motion Simulator to use it for training...and its a 141 flight school? how will they benefit ? just to find something to charge the students MORE? and then Close???? Stay AWAY!!!! Comments [ 1 ] |
| Submitted by: | Rakoon 21 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: Taiwan |
| Date Submitted: | November 16, 2008 |
| Flight School: | Epic Aviation |
| Location: | FL - New Smyrna Beach, United States |
| Instruction & Ground School: | 10 out of 10 |
| School Facilities: | 7 out of 10 |
| Aircraft & Courses: | 10 out of 10 |
| Cost: | 8 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | Yes |
| Review: | Great school Have done several ratings and tons of time building with Epic, and I have to say there is no other place like it in Florida. Great new fleet, awesome instruction. Not sure why the other 2 posts were negative, I've had nothing but good luck with the folks at Epic. They treat their customers well and if you study hard, you'll succeed. Comments [ 5 ] |
| Submitted by: | Tom 23 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: nsb |
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