Northwest Aviation College

11 student reviews of Northwest Aviation College

• sick of the crap says:

  June 6, 2017 at 4:50 am

  Shawn Pratt moved on to Safety in Motion/Spencers Aircraft at KPLU and is still bleeding people dry.

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• review says:

  July 6, 2012 at 12:47 pm

  Do not go to this place. This place is beyond unethical and should be investigated for fraud!

  Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)
  
  

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• S50 pilot says:

  March 25, 2012 at 11:12 pm

  Total absolute rip off, Shawn Pratt and jamelle…..crooks! The school finally closed and that was the best thing that could have happened. To bad for all those that had to suffer in the process. Good riddance lying scum.

  Overall Score: (1.64/5.00)
  
  

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• Lone wolf Mcquaid says:

  March 12, 2012 at 12:21 am

  Shawn, you need to stop lying. Not a single student finished this B.S program. You and the owner got rich while the students suffered. Your staff, if you want to call them a staff are no better. They milked the students for flight hours and extra cash for their pockets. I can promise you this school won’t be open by the end of the year. Too much greed!

  Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)
  
  

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• Shawn Pratt says:

  October 21, 2011 at 7:00 am

  Additional warning would be to “check the facts”! Majority of students are set to graduate on-time and on-budget. The 2-3 individuals posting above may have had a difficult time, with much of the issues due to the VA’s reduced funding available to veterans over the past 2 years. Come out and check for yourself and talk with any of the students around the campus/airport. They would be a more objective barometer.

  Overall Score: (1.45/5.00)
  
  

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• Walker Cripps says:

  October 4, 2011 at 1:59 am

  If you want to spend $60,000+ on Instrument training and not finish. This schools for you.

  If you wanna spend $25,000+ for Private pilot training and not finish. This school for you.

  If you want instructor’s to talk about their personal lives instead of teaching at a cost of $250 an hr. This school’s for you.

  If you wanna be scared out of your mind on your first solo and x country, because you instructor’s didn’t teach you $HIT DURING YOUR TRAINING. This school’s for you.

  If you want to burn all that government money and get nothing in return. This school’s for you.

  If you wanna sit in class and wonder why certain dumb student’s are passing their oral stage checks with the instructors and bomb on their FAA written exam’s. This school’s for you.

  If you wonder why the owner drives a nice new $100,000 car and you don’t. This schools for you.

  If you want to learn all the wrong way’s to fly. This school’s for you.

  If you’re black, university educated, thinking you’re smart and you want to be made to feel stupid, by instructor’s that can’t spell their name. This school’s for you.

  If you think you’re Maverick from TOP GUN and wanna be knocked down to turd status. This school’s for you.

  If you’re white and your mommy and daddy are rich and you have money to burn. This schools for you.

  If you wanna take 100 stage checks and pass them when they want you too. This school’s for you.

  If you’re a minority and you believe Tuskegee didn’t happen. This school’s for you.

  If you like being pimped and robbed with a pen and pencil. This school’s for you.

  If you like being cramped in a small classroom learning nothing for 3 hours. This school’s for you.

  If you like the feeling of being robbed without a gun. This school’s for you.

  If you hate the VA and want to pay them back by robbing them. This school’s for you.

  If you want to see mad and frustrated student’s on a daily basis. This school’s for you.

  If you wanna fail your stage checks because you were asked to do something you were never taught. This school’s for you.

  If you don’t believe the old saying “if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is” and wanna test this theory. This school’s for you.

  If you’re a woman and you wanna be made to feel like you’re Kara Hultgreen, even though you’re not. This schools for you.

  If you are a fan of fraternization. This school’s for you.

  If you’re wondering why the VA hasn’t closed this school’s doors. This school’s for you.

  If you’re wondering why most of the staff hasn’t been charged with conspiring against the U.S. Government. This school’s for you.

  I can go on and on about this school, but I think after all I’ve written one would be wise enough to stay far away from this school. I will leave you with the words of the great John Wayne and i quote “Life is hard. It’s even harder when you’re stupid”. Don’t be stupid ladies and gentleman, boy’s and girls…STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE.

  Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)
  
  

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• Jobin Blow says:

  July 24, 2011 at 7:38 pm

  Steer clear of this one boys and girls it’s just not worth it.

  Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)
  
  

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• Anonymous says:

  July 20, 2011 at 12:23 pm

  Just like everyone else has said in this review… they have bled me dry on money. Probably the most expensive school for flying in the U.S. I am very unhappy with the results of this school and the people running it. The school has horrible study locations… classrooms, if you could call them classrooms, are small and insufficient, and it feels that the entire time they are just after your money and could care less about you. Some of the flight instructors are intelligent and know exactly what they are doing but there are a few that will just give you a run around and waste your time. Somehow they have a completely differant price for people that have a VA account vs someone that doesn’t. At 250 dollars an hour I would rather pay someone to hit me in the face. Only school that I know you can hit a 9000 dollar cap in less than 30 hours. Also you need to keep a very close eye on what and how they charge you. They are known for double charging your account and charging you money on days that you weren’t supposed to fly due to weather. I will be sending in a complaint to have this school investigated for fraud and abuse of funds. If you have a lot of money to waste by all means attend this school. If you are like everyone else I reccomend you find a better school to go to. If you are wondering why I put my name as anonymous it is because I still attend this school… unfortunatly, and if they catch wind of this review I will be put on a back burner and treated like crap for as long as they can. I highly recommend you do not attend this school and I knwo a LOT of people that would say the same.

  Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)
  
  

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• C.H. says:

  June 25, 2011 at 12:04 pm

  Keep on by this one.

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• Luke Alexander says:

  June 2, 2011 at 4:34 pm

  The staff at NWAC should be investigated for government fraud.

  Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)
  
  

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• Joe Blow says:

  May 30, 2011 at 2:56 pm

  This school will bleed you dry! If you are under the VA program they will use every dollar and make you take out a student loan if you want to finish. And they got you over a barrel because if you don’t finish you have to pay back all the 9600 back to the VA. They are constantly losing instructors so plan on reviewing everything twice or three times depending on how many times you switch instructors. Then when you are ready for a stage check you wait a week to two because they only have a couple people that can do it and there always booked from other students waiting to get there stage check done. While you wait you will review sh%t you already went over burning up that VA account. They are constantly increasing their rates,($168 HR for a Warrior and 197.25 for a 172RG) but yet have money for new interior decor IE (Paint, new chairs, flat screen TV’s)I guess being the only show in town with the ability to use VA funding means you get to name your price. Hell Uncle Sam’s paying for it. But don’t fret Green river Community College is getting into the game and they are a State school which means when things change in August you can get 9600 a quarter and NW AC will only get 17500 a year. Plus you can go to other flight schools for your license and ratings. I hope this enlightens some of you thinking that it’s too good to be true that the GOV is going to pay for your flight training. I would say that that around 75% of the students are frustrated with this school and the way they run there business.

  Overall Score: (1.91/5.00)
  
  

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