Legal Advice Needed: Flight Instructor owes refund

[Texas St. Armadillos 1,381]

Cross posting from the Airplane Fanatic thread.  Thx in advance for any guidance.

 

I hate that I have to go down this path, but what is the appropriate channel for filing a complaint against a CFI?  When I changed jobs and moved, I requested a refund of my remaining balance within all guidelines of his refund policy.  Total was about $2,500.  I got about $900 of that back within 6 months of the request, but it has been some 15 months since that payment, and I have not received any more.

He has emailed me a few times during that 15 months that he knows he still owes.  I sent an email reminder last week that we need to get this resolved and/or set up a short-term payment plan.  No response over the past 6 days.

Is the FAA the best path?  Small claims court?  Strongly worded letter from a Surly lawyer?

[StassneyHorn 6,695]

Holy shit I thought you were trolling my thread. small claims sounds like