How much does flight school/training cost?

Could be as little as $40,000 from start until you get commercial pilot license -

Would take slightly less than 1 year - (say 9 to 10 months) -

In USA many pilots do also instructor training - $10,000 extra...

Do not imagine that you will be hired by an airline with just that training...!

@Joshua -

You confuse flight training programs and currency numbers -

The numbers are quote above are for ab initio to CPL -

US$ 40,000 - Takes some 9-10 months time -

FAA training -

The numbers you quote, for OAA and CTC are ab initio to [f]ATPL -

Approximately UK£ 110,000 - About 20-22 months time -

EASA training (UK CAA) -

You are comparing to completely different things -

In UK (and EU) - training is done in one step - ab initio to [f]ATPL -

In USA - training is in 2 steps, CPL first, then later the ATPL -

There is no such thing as [f]ATPL with US-FAA training -

PAIFA Pan Am specializes in type rating training -

I do not recommend CPL training with them (done with contracting schools) -

There are numerous flight schools in USA which are more suitable -

And less expensive for CPL and CFI training -

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I did my training in Australia and converted my ATP licence when I got back. It cost about the same all up but was a hell of an experience. I budgeted for $70 000 all up including the conversion stuff when I got back home but ended up spending just over $62 000 and that included Multi IFR Commercial with all ATP subjects both CASA and FAA. I also did tailwheel and aerobatic endorsements at the some time. Like I said - LOTS of fun :)

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The answer depends upon what licenses and ratings you obtain and whether you include room & board or just the training cost. At a school such as ATP, if you obtain the private pilot certificate, instrument rating, and commercial pilot certificate in both single-engine and multi-engine, you're looking at spending a minimum of $60,000.

Since about the only jobs available to fresh flight school graduates is instructing, you should add the basic single engine instructor, instrument instructor and multi-engine instructor ratings for another $10,000. If you want a turbine-engine transition course, add at least another $5k. Add room & board for a year while you train in one of the less expensive locations and you're now up to around $80,000.

If you hope to fly for an airline eventually, plan on adding a 4-year college degree on top of that. The cheapest, through a community college for 2 years and a state college for 2 years (both in your home state) will cost at least another $40k to $60k not including housing or other expenses. So now you're looking at a total expenditure of around $150,000.

Your starting pay as a flight instructor and starting pay as a copilot at a regional airline will both be under $25,000, so repaying training loans isn't going to be easy. If you hope to make it to a major airline, you're looking at putting in a good 10 years as an instructor and at the regionals, at the end of which you'll probably not earn much over $50k. Then you'll take a pay cut to go to a major airline, but the salary there rises relatively quickly and in another 10 years you'll finally see close to $100k.

If you instead put 4 years into engineering school pr nursing school at a state university, it will cost about half the money and you'll start out earning as much in your first year as you will after struggling for 10 years as a pilot. After 10 years in the industry you'll make as much as a pilot who has spent 20 years in his field.

Professional flying. a great way of life if you can afford it.

Ctc Flight School

Training can cost from around £40'000 to around £110'000.

If you train with a well-reputed academy, you are more likely to find a job than a pilot who trained with an 'unknown' academy. The well-reputed academies (eg. CTC Wings and Oxford Aviation Academy, etc...) generally cost more to train with.

There is an academy called PanAm Flight Training Academy, who used to be the training provider of PanAm Airlines until the airline went bust. The training provider broke off to form a company of it's own, and they are quite successful today. They charge £60'000 (£50'000 if you apply before July) for full airline pilot training. They do the flying in Florida!

I recommend doing some online research.

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