Academy of Aviation – Farmingdale

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  Nabiha K. 10 months ago

  Update: Once again Academy of Aviation has set higher standards of excellence. Today 11/9/25 I had taken my kids on a discovery flight with Ali it was an absolute pleasure flying with him. Professional experienced and made the entire flight experience welcoming and absolutely amazing! 10 yr old’s first time ever in an aircraft and zero stress! Ali was caring and took his time to not only show the features of the plane but made my son’s day by letting him fly and encouraging him to stay comfortable and confident. Ali chose our flight path and we couldn’t have asked for a better route. Just mesmerizing and breathtaking views. We are so grateful for the staff and administration for making this dream come true! Previous review: Had the pleasure to finally fly a plane with probably one of the best pilots out there! Michael Ziccardi was not only professional but went above and beyond to make sure I was comfortable flying as a learner. Discovery flights are the way to go so you can get a feel of what’s it’s really like and definitely the programs they offer are worth the $$! will return for more sessions and hopefully I will be lucky enough to get same instructor. Professional staff and tremendously knowledgeable instructors.

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  Shane I 2 months ago

  After 2 years of attending AoA under their career program, I think I have gathered enough to give a fair, unbiased and in-depth review of the good, and the ugly of AoA. 2/5 might have been justifiable. Disclaimer, this review reflects my own personal experience ,current CPL w/ no checkride failures, or disciplinary issues against me from from my tenure (2023 to early 2025) as well as comparing with flight experience from 2 other local flight schools. The good: ease of initial onboarding process, my overall quality of instructors (emphasis on the “MY” part!), organizational structure and learning environment (sims, PSI exam center onsite, classroom learning, community, etc). All students sent for checkrides are more than capable of passing. Aircraft kept in overall good conditions (HUGE improvement from when I first started) The ugly: 1. the REAL cost of flight training at AoA, quality of instructing (YES! It’s here too), communication, communication, and COMMUNICATION. [At no fault of AoA] FRG is an extremely inefficient (based on time and money) place to do flight training as you’re subjected to long ground times during start of blocks, and having to account for long times in pattern just to get back in + 2 months of the year where you can’t fly because of weather. That being said, 12 months period on the learning contracts that you have to sign isn’t enough so literally NO ONE finishes it within that time and that’s where they start to screw you over. After contract experience, they beginning to charge rental aircraft rates instead. $400/hour with instructor in a 172SP ,which is insanity because it’s nowhere near competitive with local rates, and you have no choice but to pay because you cannot withdraw the money you have left. 2. Instructors are generally scheduled with 1 day off, working 6:30am to around 5pm and usually 7pm (during the summer time) with a nonexistent 30 mins break between 12:30-1. Fatigue is a thing, and it REALLY showed if you were unluck

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