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| Reviewers Male / Female | Recommend Yes / No | Number of Reviews | Instruction & Ground School | School Facilities | Aircraft & Courses | Cost | Total Average Rating |
| 13 / 2 | 6 / 9 | 15 | 6.54 | 4.73 | 5.94 | 4.20 | 5.35 |
| Date Submitted: | August 1, 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: | 10 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | Yes |
| Review: | Former student Everything was great. Good planes, good instruction, good people. A++ flight school. I would recommend it to anyone. Just come prepared to study. It's not a cake walk. It's a challenge. They expect mature people that are serious about flying. Anything less and you won't make it. Comments [ 3 ] |
| Submitted by: | frmr student 22 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: usa |
| Date Submitted: | June 7, 2009 |
| Flight School: | Epic Aviation |
| Location: | FL - New Smyrna Beach, United States |
| Instruction & Ground School: | 9 out of 10 |
| School Facilities: | 9 out of 10 |
| Aircraft & Courses: | 10 out of 10 |
| Cost: | 9 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | Yes |
| Review: | Good Education I have had the pleasure and not so pleasure of going a few differernt flight school some good some not so good. I can tell you only from expiernce Epic Aviation is one of the best in the world. By no means are they perfect. However, I have never felt safer in brand new aircraft with Glass cockpit just like the airlines. the staff worked as hard as I did making sure I flew as much as possible. Now that I have completed, the most important is I know I have the best education in the world and going to my first interview I out performed everyone with my knowledge and my abilities. for those looking for a new school, I say do your home work take the time and money to look at the school before giving any money and stay away from paying all up front. Comments [ 2 ] |
| Submitted by: | Finally a Airline Pilot 26 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: UAE |
| Date Submitted: | June 6, 2009 |
| Flight School: | Epic Aviation |
| Location: | FL - New Smyrna Beach, United States |
| Instruction & Ground School: | 5 out of 10 |
| School Facilities: | 1 out of 10 |
| Aircraft & Courses: | 7 out of 10 |
| Cost: | 3 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | No |
| Review: | Rags To Riches Epic is a school that had an excellent salesman who "lied" his way into selling it what it is today , u get charged a lot and the time frame given is totally wrong as well as i was stuck there at a time when they recruited half of bloody India and had not enough aircrafts to give students. The owner is a person that an average human being will not be able to carry on a conversation with. The school made millions off the indian crowds but were also very "racist" in their ways of dealing with the students. Its the indians that made this small town "trailer park" boy a very wealthy man. The infrastructure was never built , we had a "trailer" for a bloody ground school. The aircrafts were always in maintenance , the weather was really bad for weeks and months of the time i was there. There is currently a "bald" manager there that has a "freaky fetish" for most women cause he's a pervert , employees as well as students , he has a sexual harrasement case been slapped onto him by an ex female employee and has behaved shady with many an 18 yr old "babygirl" student of his. The instructors were good (most of em) and the aircrafts were safe (as long as they were out of maintenance) which was 30%-40% of the time only. They got famous by the "word of mouth" of the indians , and then got "infamous" the same way , word has been passed around india about peoples experiences in the school. They will never get as much the business ever again. All in all not a good place to be in if u dont wanna have bad experiences. Small town America aint for u if ur anything cept a white person. U get called a terrorist even when ur in a decent uniform walking to a bloody bus stop to get to the airport. So why would u want to pay so much for all this hassle ?? go to places where u pay as much but atleast get treated with respect cause the last thing u need is to be stressed during a thing like a flight course , ur focus gets outta place. If Epic needs a change its probably their Attitude and Management that needs a change and maybe they could and would finally become a great flight school someday Comments [ 4 ] |
| Submitted by: | Mr Nobody 25 year-old :: Male Reviewer :: London , England |
| 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 [ 10 ] |
| 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 |
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