To Whom it may concern:

My full name is Alan Lord, I currently hold a valid Australian, New Zealand, US FAA ATP/MEL/CFI and a PNG Senior Commercial License.
My total flight time is just over 12,000hrs and I have regular public transport experience in all of the above countries.
At present I am a Training Captain on the BAEJ32EP type aircraft for a part 125 operator based in Wellington, New Zealand.
Early this year (2007) I had the opportunity to complete my command rating on the A320 aircraft utilizing the facilities provided by Active Aerospace, Vancouver, Canada.
Mr.. Walt Lazaruk went out of his way to ensure top notch tuition and first class instructors were available.
I am completely satisfied with the training provided by Active aerospace and in particular with the instruction given .
Great bunch of guys to deal with!! I have no hesitation in recommending Active Aerospace to anyone who is thinking along the lines of a rating.
I now have the A320 validated on my Australian ATP,and plan to continue my training on the A330/340 with Active late this year.
Best of luck to all in Active Aerospace.

Sincerely:
A Lord.

July 16,2007

Hi Walt,
I just wanted to say that my type rating course at Active Aerospace was a great experience. The instructors and check airmen are very helpful and interested in teaching you the proper techniques for flying the aircraft in different situations. The instructors and check airmen are all current Air Canada captains, or retired from Air Canada, so they have a wealth of knowledge and experience for you to draw on.

Walt has been very helpful to me in the upkeep of my license. With a Canadian license, you have to renew your type rating every 2 years, and Walt has been very helpful in setting up an instrument renewal for me.

I am very happy with my experience at Active Aerospace. I feel that I've learned a lot of great techniques for operating a B757/767 from the great instructors and check airmen provided for me, and I would highly recommend that you get your type rating from Active Aerospace.

Jon Katahara

To whom it may concern

I Adib Jafar from Lebonon states the following opinion regarding my type rating qualification with active aerospace training facility

I want to take the opportunity to thank Mr. Walt for all the effort he spend on us over and to wish him all the best.

To whom it may concern

I undersigned Antoime Medowar wish to extend my gratitude to Active Aerospace Training In for the excellent training program I had on the Boieng 737-200.  During my stay I enjoyed the superb experience of all the instructors and their patience in training.  My special thank go to Captain Walt Lazaruk for a job well done

Yours sincerely

Antone Medwar

Vancouver 24/11/2006

This is to certify that Captain Walt lazaruk executive President of Active Aerospace Training Inc has given me all the necessary information and procedures to fly the B737-200 in a very short time and in a really professional way. I would wish all the success for Active Aerospace and I like to do my PPC renewal at Active Aerospace

Thanks a lot for everything

First Office Ziad El-Homsy, Beirut Lebanon

To Whom it may Concern                                         November 29,2006

Well first the President of Active Aerospace played a huge part of the training conducted.I personally felt at home with the instructor I have known for a short time

  Mr. Walt here at Active Aerospace made the course very understandable  and gave us a wealth of information which he achieved from his past Airline experience.

Sometimes he was hard, but now I understand why. It was for my own good which really made me more self confident when I go on the line.

 Overall the course was intensive, professional, I personally would think I learned from a professional environment.

Lawrence Itani

Nov 29th, 2006

To Whom it May Concern

Being trained at Active Aerospace Training Inc I felt being taken care of and received all what I  need and more. In flying the B737-200 Plus after what I received, I felt more confident flying this plane, for I really saw and passed through all tlypes of situations that might occur with us on our line operation.

Special thanks to Mr. walt for the rich training we had and all the care given

Mohamad Zein

29/11/2006

The following email, is an answer to a request, from a prospective student, asking for information on the program. He requested the answers come from a graduate that recently completed the A320 course

(1) What type rating did you complete and what was your prior flying experience?

A320 – ATPL - 7500 hours total with light business jet and medium transport turboprop.

(2) How did you find the home study? Hard/Easy? How much time would you recommend spending on home study before heading to Canada?

Home study is a great head start but not absolutely essential. It’s easy. You can finish the home study in the matter of a week, but don’t base your course commencement on that. Of course the more knowledge and familiarity you have with the airplane the more you will benefit from the course and instructor. (I will explain what I mean from “instructor” more in details in your question about the instructor)

(3) Did you complete the training at the advertised price that AAT quoted you? Where there any hidden extra's? How long did you spend in Canada?

The price was exactly to the cent that was quoted. I personally didn’t spend anything more than the quoted $. I truly believe when it comes to Walt nothing is hidden, the first day he sat down with all three of us and read and explained in real English the whole contract, clarified and answered any of our questions along the way. He is a loyal and honest person. You may find some negative comments about him and his organization on prune but I suggest you don’t allow this rubbish cloud your vision and affect your judgment about him until you experience him yourself first hand like I did.

Remember that there are extra costs if you “DO” need extra help in the sim or briefing, ..etc but they are not hidden and this issue is well explained in that first day talk and review of the contract with Walt.

The course can be done from in few weeks to few months, is all depend on your progress. If you walk they will have to slow down and walk with you but if you run they will run with you. Having said that, the course has its levels and steps that has to be down in sequence and each step is prerequisite to the next level, you have to understand that CBT, SIM cost lots of money and neither you nor they can afford to push you into the next level of the course while knowing that you are not ready. I started the course on the 3rd of May and told Walt that I would like to finish the course by the end of the month, well how can I say this..? Let’s say the ink on my license with the new type rating was drying up on the 25th of May. Exactly 6 days earlier then promised.

(4) How did you find the staff? Instructors?

There are several instructors training but Walt runs the whole thing, which is nice. He has everything very organized and is always around when you need something or question.

Instructor: We had Len for our course, he is a 767 Captain with Air Canada with almost every Boeing product in his logbook, and he also flew A320 as a Captain with Air Canada for few years. His level of knowledge and experience is not even an issue to be questioned. He is calm, thorough, clear, friendly and patient. To my opinion he gives a true meaning to the word professionalism m. He taught us how to walk before running, he started his lesson plan with the number rule of teaching, known to unknown, familiar to unfamiliar, easy to difficult.

More from your Q2; Len (instructor) started teaching us way beyond the standard of the course and as our performance allowed we covered multiple emergencies, wired scenarios, challenging weather environments. We were so used to having lots of emergencies on our hand that on the actual flight test we were all yawning from boredom even with one engine failed and fire on go around. My point is, the more you get yourself ready for the course and the more input is from you the more result you will get from the instructor and the course in general.

(5) Quality of simulator?

Not even an issue, great CBT, and level D approved by Transport Canada. He uses the Air Canada’s simulators. A320, 330,340,757,767,737-200 is available in Vancouver. We only cancelled one session and that was due to heavy thunderstorm activities outside that introduced power surges to the system.

(6) Free Play Trainer... Walt tries to sell this pretty hard, is it that helpful? Is it simply just a desktop simulator like Microsoft for example?

Free play trainer is a great learning tool. It is a desktop simulator but is no way near a game like Microsoft simulator. You need to be master in programming the MCDU and doing it fast as you will do that every single time you get reset back at the threshold of the runway for another take off in the sim. Which again comes back down to the money, as every min of your sim time is valuable and trust me you don’t want to spend more than a min of your time figuring out how to reprogram the MCDU. I don’t know what type you are considering to get but A320 is a fully managed airplane that you need to fly via the computers. And the cheapest way to learn it is using the Free Play Trainer. It’s well programmed software and allows you to program a whole flight and then fly it. I don’t think Walt tries or needs to sell this as it sells itself once you use it.

(7) Any other information that you feel beneficial, please pass on.

Having a laptop with you would help as you can review the systems back in the comfort of your hotel room.

If there are three guys in your course you will get more time in the sim. This is not cheating the system. Walt is the first one to offer this to you.

I really enjoyed dealing with Walt. He is an extremely honest and professional person who delivered on all of his promises and more. There are lots of negative rumours out there and that’s all they are….rumours. If you are looking for the most efficient and cost effective program then this is for you, but then again you can go to other organizations and pay two or three times more for the same program which may end up being less in the end. The contract is written to favour of both parties.

My only advice to people out there is; don’t let someone’s opinion be your reality.

Good Luck
and give my warmest regards to Walt and Len

Capt. Cameo Pourghanad