Who are Aviation Performance Solutions, really?
Aviation Performance Solutions is a global leader in Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) — the specialized instruction that teaches working pilots how to recognize and recover from an aircraft that has departed controlled flight. Its clients are airline and corporate flight crews, not first-time students, and it operates worldwide with this Falcon Field, Mesa facility as one of its bases.
We list it because it is a real Arizona aviation business and a genuinely excellent one at what it does — a 5.0 rating across 126 reviews is a serious public track record. But it is not a place to start learning to fly. If you are looking for a Private Pilot certificate or your first hours in an airplane, this is the wrong door; if you are already a professional or corporate pilot looking to sharpen upset-recovery skills, it is one of the best-regarded operators in the world for exactly that.
What is it good at?
- A world-class, globally recognized specialist in upset prevention and recovery training, not a general-purpose flight school stretched thin.
- An exceptionally strong and large public review base — 5.0 across 126 reviews as of July 2026, a rare combination of volume and rating.
- Falcon Field gives it a well-equipped Arizona training base within a genuinely global operation.
What should you go in knowing?
- Not a starting point — this is advanced, specialized training for pilots who already fly professionally or in a corporate/business-aviation context.
- Pricing reflects specialized professional training, not a standard hourly private-pilot rate.
- If you are a new or prospective student researching "how do I learn to fly," this is not the school for that question.
What do the public reviews say?
Google shows a 5.0 rating across 126 reviews (checked July 2026). We show that as plain text rather than dressing it up as our own rating, because we did not collect it and we are not going to pretend otherwise.