AOPA Announces 2019 Flight Training Experience Winners
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) announced the 2019 You Can Fly, Flight Training Experience Award winners during a ceremony at the Wings Over the Rockies Blue Sky Aviation Gallery during Redbird Migration in Englewood, Colorado (KAPA).
AeroVenture Flight Center from Mansfield, Massachusetts took home top honors as the best overall flight school and also the winner from the Eastern Region. Christopher Kreske, the owner of MIL2ATP flight school in Goldsboro, North Carolina, was the winner in the national certificated flight instructor (CFI) category and also the winner from the Southern Region.
Regional winners in both the flight school and CFI categories were honored for providing a high level of service to their customers, based on responses to the 2019 Flight Training Experience Survey. The 2019 survey, garnered nearly 8,000 submissions, including 1,876 recommendations for top CFIs and 972 for best flight school.
“These awards are a great opportunity to recognize the business acumen required to be a successful industry leader,” said AOPA’s Executive Director of You Can Fly, Elizabeth Tennyson. “These winners are responsible for molding the next generation of pilots, and it’s rewarding to see aviation leaders dedicated to delivering excellent training and setting an outstanding example for new and future pilots,” said Tennyson.
Based on AOPA’s extensive research, the Flight Training Experience Survey considers four key factors of an optimum flight-training experience: educational quality; focus on the customer; community; and information sharing.
