Flight Training London

Started My training last summer and quickly finished by late autumn thanks to Instructor Nadeem and everyone at FTL. Really straightforward and flexible place to do your training. Booking system lets you book slots in advance allowing you to plan your progress. Training at Elstree prepares you well with all the controlled airspace forcing you to learn everything properly. Highly Recommend!
Apr 17th, 2023

I gained my PPL in Feb 2023 with FTL and continue hiring from them. Nadeem is a great instructor who keeps the process fun and progresses students at a suitable pace. I flew with two other instructors who were fine, but we didn't click the same and it reminded me how lucky I was to have Nadeem as my instructor. The only thing he could improve is his ability to control the weather. The club is a nice place, all instructors and staff are friendly and helpful, the facilities modern and well kept. The operations team work very hard to keep things running smoothly. I don't get very involved in the social side but there is lots on offer, I've been on one flyout to Sandown and would definitely do it again.
Apr 14th, 2023

For initially PPL I was lucky to get a real great instructor, however he moved to ACS in Scotland, so did I. Now need to reconnect to Ivan, to do a lesson with him, again !! it was an Outstanding experience!
Mar 2nd, 2023

Been flying with FTL for over a year. Started as just being curious about how a plane flies and planning to do a trial lesson ended up moving on to planning to possibly have a career in aviation in the future. When I had difficulties going through a specific part of training, the team was very helpful and I got support from other instructors and students. Have to say a separate thank you to Jack for helping me through the challenges that I faced in my training. Very calm, knowledgeable and will put extra effort to find a way to explain a topic while keeping it fun and light. What I got when I came here was not just the professionalism and support of instructors and heads of the school but also it is an amazing community. The school does events, fly outs, get togethers. You really end up not just reading a textbook and operating an aircraft but immersed into aviation life.
Apr 13th, 2023

I completed a full Competency Based MEIR here in early 2023, overall I would highly recommend the school to anyone, however there are few small things that could be worked out by the school (which I believe they are working on) that would make it even better. The school has a very friendly vibe in general, when I arrived the staff and other students are really friendly and I was shown round by an instructor. All the instructors seemed really nice and enthusiastic which makes a big difference. The facilities were very new, and there's tea/coffee/biscuits for everyone. The first 20 hours were in their Alsim DA42 sim, this was in essentially brand new condition and really nice compared to some of the other sims I looked at. After this, the remaining 15 and test were in G-ZOLA, their DA42NG, again this was in good condition and well looked after. Whilst the school is new to doing advanced training, my instructor Prashanth was experienced and excellent. I really gelled with his instructional style which is relaxed allowing you to learn from your own mistakes, whilst also having useful techniques and tricks for the various aspects of the IR (particularly his hold entry lesson). The training is layered well so that your capacity is not overloaded. Most of the flying I completed with their CFI Ivan, as Prashanth was too busy (more on this later) - again I found the instruction excellent and I felt confident going into my test which I passed. There is a general difficulty with getting bookings for approaches, so I would recommend a pragmatic approach to this and just basically go where you can get a booking rather than holding out for Oxford/Cranfield - this is a disadvantage of an uncontrolled field but one faced by most schools in the country at the moment. The one difficulty I had with FTL was getting bookings for training, admittedly my start date was delayed due to weather slowing down my CPL but I was told I could train full time. Unfortunately at one point I was left with 2-3 weeks without any bookings as they only have a few IR instructors and Prashanth was too busy. Fortunately, Ivan was able to cover them and I was able to complete the flying in this time, however it only happened after I complained. I really appreciate Ivan doing this, but I hope in future FTL can formalise their IR training in general so that people aren't competing for bookings which is what happened. Overall I had a great experience with FTL, which was made very enjoyable by the overall friendliness of all their staff, great aircraft and facilities, and lowest cost in the South of England. Thank you all so much, and I would recommend this to anyone looking to do an IR.
Apr 9th, 2023