CTI Professional Flight Training

I am a HUGE fan of this place even though I discovered them accidentally. My husband and I live in Arkansas and needed to take our private pilot written exam. We originally scheduled with a different flight school downtown...which turned out to be a disaster. We took off work, drove an hour, and were only minutes from the downtown test center when they called us to tell us the owner/proctor needed to reschedule. Long story short, he chose to fly someone to the Gulf rather than proctor our exam.
We called CTI to see if they could work us in at the last minute and they were AWESOME. They got us in immediately. The facility is amazing and the proctor was kind and professional. GREAT place and GREAT staff. AND we both passed our tests, just in case you were wondering.

This is such a Class A facility. We came in a small Cessna 150 to stop for the evening, and immediately were greeted at the airplane. We had a top off of only 15 gallons of fuel and some oil, and we were treated like royalty. Huge space to sit in, great 100LL prices, and extremely friendly staff including one instructor who I had a very nice conversation with about MEI stuff. They also gave us the use of the crew car and a great deal on Hampton Inn rooms for $99 per night.

We come back the next day, attempt to leave, and find out that our alternator has stopped working. The local A&P, Matt, agreed to troubleshoot the problem even though he admits to not being fully understanding of the 150 electrical system. We won't have the new alternator for another 2 to 3 days, but we were told it would be no problem to leave the airplane on the ramp and that they would even put it in the hangar if bad weather was on the way.

I can't say enough good things about CTI as an outstanding FBO. As a school I'm sure their brand new fleet of airplanes and friendly and knowledgeable instructors follow the outstanding protocol of service that I've seen so far. When I'm near Memphis again, I will make it a point to come back to Millington and buy hundreds of gallons of 100LL for our 340 or 421 and maybe get some DA42 time. I love this place!!

One word: Awesome! Scheduling was a breeze, the pre-flight process was kind of long but necessary. The flight was smooth and exciting. I took an one hour flight and I also flew the plane!!! New, clean facility, very spacious and very nice. It also has a place where family and friends can watch the take off and landing. Overall, wonderful experience! Can't wait to do it again!