I had the atp ctp + B737 upgrade course on February. Training took 4 days longer than proposed for me since I don’t have my type rating buddy with me. However everyone was super helpful throughout entire process. Instructors were highly experienced, training facility was fine, stayed at the recommended hotel (15-20 min commute). I will definitely recommend Aerostar.

I had a fantastic experience at AeroStar in Kissimmee. Did my ATP CTP, Boeing 737 PIC Type Rating and ATPL Checkride in 3 weeks on the Fast Track program. With studying the training materials for 2.5 months prior. Got to fly with so many great instructors cumulatively with 100s of years of global flying experience in many aircraft types. A great and encouraging environment. Opportunities to observe some other training sessions whilst on my type rating we're invaluable. One thing I really didn't expect is how global the students would be and the variety of experience. The networking has opened my eyes to some great opportunities I never new existed. The course was incredible value for money compared to the many options I evaluated and I enjoyed the quality of teaching. Shout out to Dan, Mark, Emmanuel, Ivan, Alyshia, Father Ryan, Jim, Manan, Sergio and Harry!

I got type rated in the B737-800 at Aerostar and it was an excellent experience. Diedra the owner was very caring and helping in student matters/ problem solving. Best Instructor on board Capt Harry Gambino a very professional instructor and examiner gave me first class training for my P1 Command Upgrade and learned a lot Thank you so much Capt Harry and Diedra. And thank you so much Aerostar.

Thanks for aerostar training for professional and quick planning, excellent and professional approach. I want to share my gratitude personally for Deidra Wilson, Jerry Lee, Karl and Juan. I do recommend this place for Type Rating A320. Thank you all for your beautiful and honest work.

Probably more like 4.5 stars, but that's not allowed - see below This is my first of two reviews because I actually purchased two separate classes. The first is done and that's what the review covers. The second is happening now. My background is mostly in higher education, administration, and operations management. Just as for many others, the pricing outweighed the terrible reviews (Yelp and others that are more difficult to manipulate). ATP-CTP: I have heard many comments about the ATP-CTP being pretty worthless wherever you take it but I found Aerostar's Cathy Fulk to be excellent, bringing her decades of experience into the classroom that went well beyond just "war stories" and accident videos. She hit all the required areas plus provided us with information about how things really work on the line, both good and bad. Based on what others have said about ATP-CTP, I expected to spend three class days just studying for the FAA written. Because most topics were very engaging, I got little studying in until the sim days. This place could be great with some minor tweaks but, as others have said before, SIM scheduling is a weak spot. Don't expect to receive a plan in advance like at other training centers -- based on a current job description they have posted, they only plan for the following day. We heard nothing, looked at empty schedules for a day, and received no substantive responses to queries. That said, they pulled it together for me to finish on time and the instruction in the sims was great. They hit all the required components for ATP-CTP, as well as some other areas to help me prepare for that 737 Type. In addition to Cathy, instructors James Lewis, Dave Ryan, and Manan K were all great. I will recommend Aerostar to others pursuing the ATP-CTP. ---------------- Type rating isn't going so well. Very late the night before the first class day the first session was scheduled for 7-11PM on day 1 for orientation, systems test, and SIT. Now is day 8 of this 12-14 day course and I haven't been in the SIM. They had a 4-day outage, which can happen anywhere; but communication has been minimal even when prompted. The did send a message during the outage that they were "planning as many contingencies as possible and were ready to implement a recovery plan as soon as shipping and tracking is confirmed." Part definitely shipped because the SIM has been functional since yesterday however, as far as I know, none of the people who are 8 days into the class without a session have even been scheduled. I'm frustrated, but understand maintenance issues happen. I'm working remotely during these weeks, so it hasn't been terrible thusfar, except for the extra expenses. Unfortunately, I don't have great plans beyond the promised course dates and those are nearing an end. I'm still hopeful all that contingency planning they did will allow them to pull something off similar to ATP-CTP with double/longer sessions, etc. to get our class through during or very close to the promised training dates. More to come after my second purchase shakes out. Feel free to reach out if you have questions for a former student.