Best place for flight training in the southern USA?

[Sawmill]

LAFF: Just figure 90 an hour for the a/c and 25-30/hour for instruction. then find a local CFI to get you going. If you want to do it (A LOT) cheaper, buy an IFR 152 or Cherokee...it could cut your hourly rate in half depending how much you fly. Ill sell you my Cherokee!

 

[RUNNINHORN]

Runninghorn: You just need to make a commitment to fly a regular amout of time and the time will build. I went form zero time to the airlines in about 4 years and 1 month. (I have since quit from my second airline because I realized that while it was fun to fly for the airlines, it was a terrible career. We all know how bad they pay, and that was ok until I realized how bad the Delta Pilots (with a whole hell of a lot more experience than I) were getting screwed after 20+ years on the job...so why would I count on the income that is being projected now for the future to actually be there when I reach that point...let alone any type of retirement.) Oh and whats wrong with being 40 when you finish...thats how old I was whe I was hired by XJet and my sim partner was 48...on his 2nd career.

thanks. so what do you do for a living now?

 

[Sawmill]

RE Broker and still kept my Home building business in tact just in case...glad I did.

 

[uscpilot]

Oh and whats wrong with being 40 when you finish....

If you have a family everything.

 

[Sawmill]

But you can have a family at any age so what you realy mean is that having a family and flying is a bad thing...not the age. Therefore I think we agree that flying for a living is not as good as it seems.