How is this for cost of obtaining instrument rating?

[desertdog71]

The price for the Instrument rating sounds good.

20 hours in a sim huh?

I prefer to do my flying in a plane. Call me crazy.

 

[Holding Short]

Hey desertdog, where did you end up going for training ? I remember when you first posted about changing careers(Truckin').

 

[timeoff]

First rule in flight training......it ALWAYS costs more than you think it will.

 

[Holding Short]

20 hours in a sim huh?

I prefer to do my flying in a plane. Call me crazy.

Sometimes, you can get alot done in the sim.

HS

 

[Holding Short]

First rule in flight training......it ALWAYS costs more than you think it will.

I thought it was "don't hit anything".

 

[desertdog71]

That was on that other message board.

I train at an FBO in Kansas. Much cheaper and better instruction in my opinion.

 

[desertdog71]

First rule of flying is: No Bucks, No Buck Rogers

 

[timeoff]

20 hours in a sim huh?

I prefer to do my flying in a plane. Call me crazy.

I agree. Where I fly out of, they have one of those full motion MOTUS sims. I won't drop a dime to sit in it (@$100/hr mind you). What is the point? You can take up the plane for the same money. You are training to fly planes, not sims.

 

[RUNNINHORN]

thanks, was just trying to get a feel.

 

[minitour]

It will cost your a good $30,000 and thats on the way cheap side of things to get a decent amount of instruction and the ratings you will need to make a career of this.

That's about right.

We're doing it for $35k under part 61 (so 250+ hours) with around 35 hours of multi which includes housing, testing fees, books, charts, etc.

30k isn't unreasonable at all.

Depends on the equipment you're using. Fly a 152 for a while and it can be less expensive. Hop in a SR22 from disco flight on and you're plunking down 8-10k for a private pilot...

......not that I haven't seen people pay 10k for a PPL in a 152 before...

-mini