RC_Moonpie wrote:
On Thu, 01 May 2008 15:18:13 -0500, Gig 601Xl Builder wrote:

No. A 141 school is a flight school that holds an FAA part 141
certificate. Universities may or may not hold 141 certificates. The
main benefit of part 141 is the ability to finance through VA loans.
You can also get an instrument rating without the 50 hours cross
country time. Otherwise, its about the same for students. You cannot
tell if an operation is part 141 without asking or looking them up at
your FSDO.

-Robert, CFII
http://www.leebottom.com/nordo/ARCHIVES/dec2005.htm
You do realize that those same freshly certificated CFIs can train under
Part 61 as well don't you? At least at a Part 141 school they are
supervised by a chief instructor who...

snipped rambling bull****

Do you relly think I was going to read all that crap?


I assume you are classifying as rambling bull**** the FAR which govern
something you seem to have such a hard-on about, so yes one would hope
that if you were interested enough to come out of the woodwork and bash
something that you would take the couple of minutes to read the
regulation. THe fact that you didn't says a lot about you.