Did my private there with their chief pilot, Doug Draper, who I highly
recommend.  Bob Bretz is good as well.

925-685-4400

Jonathan

In <1127420198.049795.160…@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> jacobowitz73@

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yahoo.com wrote:

> Thanks, for the response, I’ll check it out. Otherwise, the response
> to this post has been sadly minimal. The rates at CA Airways seem okay,
> though. One reason I prefer a club is insurance. Club policies usually
> name the members, and so you can’t be subrogated against. At an FBO
> I’ll need a policy of my own.

> — dave j

> Hamish Reid wrote:
>> In article <1127278945.706102.123…@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
>>  jacobowit…@yahoo.com wrote:

>> > I just moved up to Berkeley, CA to attend grad school. Before that,
>> > I lived in Silicon Valley and flew out of Palo Alto. I’ve been
>> > flying with a club there, Sundance, since ’99 or so and I’ve been
>> > pretty happy.

>> > But the drive to KPAO from Berkeley is a bit long. I’m looking to
>> > see if anybody has recommendations for clubs at KOAK or KCCR.

>> > About me: I’m an instrument-rated private pilot, with about 300
>> > hours. I was working on my commercial rating when I moved. I’ve got
>> > about 15 hours complex time, all of that in a 172RG. For fooling
>> > around, I’ll take a 172 or an Archer, and for "trying to get
>> > somehwere" I usually opt for a C182.

>> > I’m looking for a club with a variety of aircraft, low rates, good
>> > maintenance, decent enough avionics to make IFR practical, and
>> > connections w/ good instructors so I might finish my commercial. (
>> > which is admittedly on the back-burner with school on).

>> > Any advice?

>> It’s not a club per se, and it’s at Hayward (KHWD) rather than
>> Oakland, but I now use California Airways, <http://www.california-
>> airways.com/>. It’s been a pleasant experience — the prices are
>> reasonable (for the Bay Area), the planes well-maintained, there’s a
>> reasonable variety of planes available, and the people seem pretty
>> good. I’m in a similar sort of situation as you — instrument rated
>> and starting to do the commercial (or starting to think about doing
>> it ) — and it’s worked out well so far.

>>    Hamish  – California Flying —
>> <http://www.ylayali.com/yafb/blog.html&gt;

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 jacobowit…@yahoo.com wrote:
> I just moved up to Berkeley, CA to attend grad school. Before that, I
> lived in Silicon Valley and flew out of Palo Alto. I’ve been flying
> with a club there, Sundance, since ’99 or so and I’ve been pretty
> happy.

> But the drive to KPAO from Berkeley is a bit long. I’m looking to see
> if anybody has recommendations for clubs at KOAK or KCCR.

> About me: I’m an instrument-rated private pilot, with about 300 hours.
> I was working on my commercial rating when I moved. I’ve got about 15
> hours complex time, all of that in a 172RG. For fooling around, I’ll
> take a 172 or an Archer, and for "trying to get somehwere" I usually
> opt for a C182.

> I’m looking for a club with a variety of aircraft, low rates, good
> maintenance, decent enough avionics to make IFR practical, and
> connections w/ good instructors so I might finish my commercial. (which
> is admittedly on the back-burner with school on).

> Any advice?

It’s not a club per se, and it’s at Hayward (KHWD) rather than Oakland,
but I now use California Airways, <http://www.california-airways.com/>.
It’s been a pleasant experience — the prices are reasonable (for the
Bay Area), the planes well-maintained, there’s a reasonable variety of
planes available, and the people seem pretty good. I’m in a similar
sort of situation as you — instrument rated and starting
to do the commercial (or starting to think about doing it ) — and
it’s worked out well so far.

   Hamish  – California Flying —
<http://www.ylayali.com/yafb/blog.html&gt;

– dave j

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Hamish Reid wrote:
> In article <1127278945.706102.123…@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
>  jacobowit…@yahoo.com wrote:

> > I just moved up to Berkeley, CA to attend grad school. Before that, I
> > lived in Silicon Valley and flew out of Palo Alto. I’ve been flying
> > with a club there, Sundance, since ’99 or so and I’ve been pretty
> > happy.

> > But the drive to KPAO from Berkeley is a bit long. I’m looking to see
> > if anybody has recommendations for clubs at KOAK or KCCR.

> > About me: I’m an instrument-rated private pilot, with about 300 hours.
> > I was working on my commercial rating when I moved. I’ve got about 15
> > hours complex time, all of that in a 172RG. For fooling around, I’ll
> > take a 172 or an Archer, and for "trying to get somehwere" I usually
> > opt for a C182.

> > I’m looking for a club with a variety of aircraft, low rates, good
> > maintenance, decent enough avionics to make IFR practical, and
> > connections w/ good instructors so I might finish my commercial. (which
> > is admittedly on the back-burner with school on).

> > Any advice?

> It’s not a club per se, and it’s at Hayward (KHWD) rather than Oakland,
> but I now use California Airways, <http://www.california-airways.com/>.
> It’s been a pleasant experience — the prices are reasonable (for the
> Bay Area), the planes well-maintained, there’s a reasonable variety of
> planes available, and the people seem pretty good. I’m in a similar
> sort of situation as you — instrument rated and starting
> to do the commercial (or starting to think about doing it ) — and
> it’s worked out well so far.

>    Hamish  – California Flying —
> <http://www.ylayali.com/yafb/blog.html&gt;