Rainier Flight Service

★ 4/5 · a month ago

A strict and structured regimen. Focus is on ensuring plane availability and safety. Very professional and polished. Prices are a bit high, especially for instruction.

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★ 5/5 · 11 months ago

I recently completed the PPL course at Rainier Flight Service in Everett and couldn’t be happier with the training and experience I received. The instructors are incredibly helpful, supporting students with both ground and flight training in preparation for stage checks and the knowledge test. They encouraged me to fly with different instructors to ensure I was progressing appropriately and to receive feedback fro...

Alexys Breitbarth

★ 5/5 · a year ago

I trained at the Paine Field location and this school has been great. You get out what you put into it for sure, as with anything challenging. I have had great support from multiple different instructors beyond my main instructor during stage checks and reviews who all helped me pass my PPL checkride on the first time. They all were very dedicated to helping me learn, understand things in great detail and were the...

Mitchell Longwill

★ 1/5 · 2 years ago

When I first started here the student to instructor and plane ratio was very good and it was a small school. Now they are way more focused on signing up new students and building hours for the CFIs than student progress. I might not be the most studious book person in the world but there are many problems here including the scheduling, and far too many students for the amount of planes.

Scheduling is an absolute ...

Steven

★ 2/5 · 2 years ago

My time at Rainier Flight Service left much to be desired. While the facilities were great and the aircraft well-maintained, I couldn't shake the feeling that the focus was more on padding flight hours to make money rather than genuinely caring about the students' progress.

The instructor, while knowledgeable- not experienced, seemed more concerned with meeting hour quotas than tailoring instruction to individual...

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