Civlian Route Costs$$

[Hawker1]

I'm getting my degree in MIS, and have considered a career in aviation. My question is what certificates and ratings would I need to become a licensed airline pilot? Also, how much time and money would this take? I know that this is very vague, but please any help would be appreciated. There's a few flight schools at BNA that I could do all of this at. Thanks for anything.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

not a good time to go after that airline career but here you go.

the basic route...
$$ not sure.

Private-----you have that
Instrument
Commercial Singe
Commercial Multi
Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)

some go after the Flight Engineer certificate but that is kind of worthless.

Also
Certified Flight instructor - CFI good for time building
Certified Flight Instructor INstrument ---CFII
Multi Engine Instructor -MEI

 

[JediNein]

Howdy!
The fast and cheap way is drop $33,000 and 90 days at AllATPS and become one of their instructors. You'll have to wow them during your training, but if you survived an MIS, that is possible. It can be their fast program, or their weekend program ~ 10 months.

Another way is to drop around $64,000 at Flight Safety or Comair. Again these are imersion courses.

Doing it the slow way, well, I've spent over $100,000 and don't have my multiengine ratings yet. I am a CFI, CFII, commercial pilot, instrument rated, ground instructor, and airframe mechanic. I've been in aviation for 7 years. I've been trying to work in aviation for six of those years.

I made four mistakes: 1. Worked for an airline as a ramp agent. Bad move (six years of fighting a disability, the financial aspect was really bad). 2. Tolerated a flight school that was marginal at best. Really Bad move. 3. Put up with a flight instructor that didn't fit my style of learning and was too afraid to tell me I should take a break from flying. $4,000 flush. 4. Didn't go to ATPs when I had the full funds to pay cash, I knew they were a decent school, and I was after the instructor ratings.

However, I still landed at running an excellent flight school which was my final goal in aviation.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[nonstop]

If you have the cash to pay for it up front, invest in a real business opportunity and don't give your funds away to this joke of an industry like the rest of us have.