Spartan School of Aeronautics

Factual Questions
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Where can I find statistics about Spartan School of Aeronautics?

I am planning on going there but I cant find any sites that have stats such as job placement and student to teacher ratio.

thanks for any help!

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Um…

bad news - they don’t seem to want to talk about placement - they want you to email them.

not a good sign.

and this:

I don’t know that I’d call a plane which has been out of production for 60 years, and has about 4 craft remaining, “popular”. :rolleyes:

Investigate a WHOLE lot before signing anything.

What discipline interests you?

Pilot - the majors require 15,000 hrs before they will consider you (IIRC).

Mechanic - I found an a&p (furloughed from United) behind the parts counter at an auto supply store.

Investigate - demand hard numbers on:

drop-out rate (why did they quit?)

placements

placements in desired jobs (you really don’t need an a&p to work the parts counter)

good luck

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thanks for the advise!

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The airline industry is pretty crappy right now. But it will probably get better by the time you graduate, unless something else happens.

If I may ask, why choose Spartan, and what emphasis are you interested in? I only ask because I recently met one of their students who was less than pleased with the maintenance program. You may find that a large state university would be cheaper and better.

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Wow, that name stuck out like a sore thumb. I haven’t heard of Spartan since I lived in Tulsa 15 or more years ago! Even back then I remember them as the place that was “only for middle easterners”. Probably not true, but that’s the thing about stereotypes… there’s frequently a grain of truth.

Not to worry, from their web site, it looks like that only white american looking people go there now :rolleyes: .

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spoken as a true bigot, I presume?

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I guess it might seem that way, but it was really meant just the opposite. The first part of my post was a reference to how small-town and narrow minded the population of Tulsa is (and how I probably was when I lived there). The comment about the website was actually poking fun at how misleading their pictures are on the site… also confirming the first part of this post.

I guess all of that was too much for you to grasp… but if you want to try the stretch for me being a bigot… go ahead happyheathen.

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right. got it.