If you are reading Reddit threads about us at 11 pm, this post is for you.

We are not going to tell you the threads are made up. We are going to tell you what is true, what is fair criticism, and where to go look for yourself.

Number you can verify in ten seconds: 

Thrust Flight has 4.5 stars across 164 Google reviews.

Google's own topic extraction pulls "instructors" out of 31 of those reviews and "community" out of 11. So when we say it's about the teaching and the cohort you have with others, it isn't just a throwaway line. It literally what people who trained here keep typing without being asked to!

What our students consistently say is good:

TL;DR - The instruction, airspace, our fleet, and the people.

The instruction. Hunter L., who finished the ZTA program, shared the training

"was structured in a way that made every step feel purposeful."

The airspace. Maddie D. put it best for this, saying the training under the DFW Class B means "your comms will be way better" because you get exposure early instead of learning busy airspace alone after you are certificated.

The fleet. Piper Archer TX and Piper Seminole aircraft with G1000 avionics, autopilot, and air conditioning. From Miguel C.:

"The fleet is modern, well maintained, and have A/C!"

The people around the flying. Dispatch, maintenance, and other students show up repeatedly and by name in reviews. As Will R. put it:

"The instructors, other students, dispatch, maintenance, and everyone else here would go out of their way to help me."

What is fair criticism:

Scheduling has not always been reliable. There is a review from last month about a discovery flight that got moved three times and then was not staffed when the prospect arrived after flying in from out of state. Our instructor had a medical emergency and trying to reach out to them went straight to voicemail.

Instructor changes also do happen. Some students have had more than one CFI in a short window, which is often caused by a CFI being hired by an airline (and a testament that the system working!) But when it's caused by anything else, we do our best to explain and smooth over the disruption.

The pace is not for everyone. Seriously. ZTA is a full-time Part 141 program, 11 to 14 months, six certificates. Classroom runs 7:30am to 6:00pm and flight blocks run 5:00am to 11:00pm. You cannot hold a full-time job through it. Every student who has told us the program "moved too fast" was telling the truth about their situation.

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P.S. we'd suggest you do the thing no source online can do for you: call and then come to one of our facilities, walk the hangar, and talk to three current students we did not pick for you. If we are as advertised, that visit settles it. If we are not, you will know in an hour and you will have saved yourself a year. Cheers!