Saw a topic over at JH about Upper Limit in SLC "imploding" can anyone elaborate?

[zippiesdrainage]

Just curious if it's true or something blown out of proportions.

[Fred0311]

The SLC location hit a brick wall a couple years ago. As far as I know though the Cedar location is still trucking along.

[helonorth]

Upper Limit's situation is a lot like Silver State Helicopters of 9 years ago: the students had access to easy money but the cash cow dried up. Silver State benefitted from easy money from banks, Upper Limit from the government. Both abused it. A DPE that did many of Upper Limit's GI bill students told me that most of students for commercial check rides had run up bills of $300,000, some as hight as $500,000. Upper Limit will probably go the way of Silver State. Tango uniform.

[takefootoff]

Must of been nice getting trained in an A-Star.

[Flying Pig]

Yeah.... if you could land a job flying one right out of school. But chances are, you wont touch an AStar for a few years... if not a few more.

[takefootoff]

I would figure a potential employer down the road would consider the past experience but not weigh heavily on it?

[twinhueyman]

I know a friend of mine interested in hitting a RW/College program has gotten some phone calls urging him to apply to SUU. Desperation or just business carrying on?

 

Mike

[Fred0311]

The SLC location hit a brick wall a couple years ago. As far as I know though the Cedar location is still trucking along.

Disregard my last. Sounds like things are getting pretty bad now.

[ridethisbike]

Avoid Upper Limit at all costs. They're going under on the instruction side, and are trying to stay afloat with external load, charter, and fire work, but that'll probably fail too because they don't have a foothold. Other operators will beat them out in those sectors.

[Astro]

 

Next!?

[superstallion6113]

Avoid Upper Limit at all costs. They're going under on the instruction side, and are trying to stay afloat with external load, charter, and fire work, but that'll probably fail too because they don't have a foothold. Other operators will beat them out in those sectors.

 

 

Sounds like the same thing is happening to the school we went to as well. I've seen them pushing their new charter service and utility services lately. Can't imagine them holding up very long. Also can't imagine there being enough private pay (non VA funded) students attending to maintain their sizable R44 fleet. Both are likely being hit hard by the VA and public scrutiny of the VA flight training programs.

Edited July 5, 2016 by superstallion6113

[Azhigher]

Another one bites the dust. /queen

[Astro]

 

The real question is, will there be another cash cow, or will we finally get a real pilot shortage in about 10 years when all the cfis have moved on and there aren't any students left who can afford training?

[Astro]

There seems to be more news?

 

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/cedar-city/2016/08/25/thunderbirds-take-skies/89370314/

 

 

This quote is from a year ago I think and makes me wonder just what does it take to graduate and what high paying jobs are they getting offered?

The program is so new that we haven't graduated our first class yet." Treanor said. "But we have some individuals who haven't even graduated yet that have been offered high paying jobs."

[wbrady755]

Welp, if you like Utah, you can check out Mountain Ridge Helicopters up in Logan. Unlike the guys down south, the managers actually care about following rules and make sure no one is getting more than the VA would realistically pay for. Id say about half the people are doing it Part 61, and the other half are doing it Part 141 through Utah State. They seem to be growing at a healthy rate.