How Much Did You Pay For Your Training?

[Flechas]

$26K Private - MEI and some timebuilding
the 4 year degree at ERAU, which is another BIG number

 

[dav8or]

3,600 for the PPL
32,500 PPL to CFII,MEI
70,000 lost income while instructing and flying right seat.
375,000 for house in the airpark
100,000 (projected) for the RV8 I'm building

It has cost me $581,100 to learn to fly and the total is is still going up.

 

[othello]

my path
BigBendCC 1994-1996 went from 0 time to COMM- Mulit -Inst. flight fees right at 14,000$. also came out of BBCC with an AA. Then added on CFI-II-MEI after a couple of years having fun and getting a degree from a State U.

There are many ways to get the ratings I suggest what ever cost you the least. you get the same paying job in the end crappy, whether you went to a 90,000$ Acadmey in FLA or got your ratings for dirt cheap at the local FBO.

 

[Sctt@NJA]

Bridgewater State, MA 1988-92

about 28k for 4 year degree and zero time through CFII.

Lived at home with parents.

ME and ATP added later for $1500 a pop at Action Multi Ratings GON, CT.

 

[WhiteCloud]

According to my ex during divorce preceedings, I spent $61,000 on flight training since day one of lessons until day one at American Eagle. This included legitimate flight training expenses, and also....

magazine subscriptions related to flying
all books and written exams
payments on the 172 I owned (insurance, tiedowns, fuel, maintenance, etc. included)
vacations taken in the airplane
$100 hamburger runs
the costs of headsets, flight bags, etc.
Oshkosh and all other airshows attended
job fairs attended
conferences attended


Basically, if it was related to aviation in any way, it was lumped into this figure. I was hired at Eagle with approximately 1200 total time. Not including the income I earned as a flight instructor, it cost me on average of $50 per hour to fly (single and multiengine).

The ex scoured every credit card receipt and check book we had, so I know this is an accurate figure

What was her point?

 

[ICU]

PVT to ATP in 1998 About $10k
Found the smallest of schools in the smallest of towns, what can I say I' m cheap and proud of it

 

[FMR_RGNL_PLT]

I never had the guts to add it all up, I didn't want to make myself sick!

My advice to anyone....... Go the small flightschool, independent flight instructor route.... its the cheapest and from my experience all civiilian flight instruction is pretty much the same.

Unless you are going to a university with a good reputation outside of the avaiation world, that gives you a good "back up" degree, along with your ratings, I don't think the big money required is worth it.

The only type of aviation training that is head and shoulders above all others is what one receives in the fixed wing military flight schools..... IMO

 

[English]

Ziggy1,

The point was, that I owed the "community" reimbursement for my flight training expenses. The argument was that I was training for professional licenses that would enable me to make 200K a year as an airline captain (yeah right!). Therefore, since my ex contributed to my flight training, I had to "give something back".

We settled before it went to trial so it was a non-issue. The only value in it was that scouring our financial records was somehow closure therapy for my ex, and it enabled me to post accurately to this thread.

 

[lazy8s]

3,600 for the PPL
32,500 PPL to CFII,MEI
70,000 lost income while instructing and flying right seat.
375,000 for house in the airpark
100,000 (projected) for the RV8 I'm building

It has cost me $581,100 to learn to fly and the total is is still going up.

Dav8or, you know that you can't count what your Wife paid out only what YOU paid out!!

Call me and we'll go roll that thing a few times when you get it done, that's if your house doesn't get blown away today by Isabel.......

Lazy8s

 

[lazy8s]

Paid round about $33k for everything not counting all the extra crap invloved. Tack on another $31k for college and I could have bought a used Ferrari !!

Not too bad, when you can measure your flight training costs in terms of NEW Ferrari's (or Saleen, Lambo, etc.) then you did something wrong....

 

[dav8or]

Paid round about $33k for everything not counting all the extra crap invloved. Tack on another $31k for college and I could have bought a used Ferrari !!

Not too bad, when you can measure your flight training costs in terms of NEW Ferrari's (or Saleen, Lambo, etc.) then you did something wrong....

31K for a Ferrari? Maybe a raged out 308. Save up that CA pay and don't let the wife talk you into kids and maybe. I saw where a nice 512 went for 60k and it had less than 15k on it.

I'm getting ready to double my cost. I'm looking for 50-100 acres to develop my own airpark. I'll let you know when lots go on sale.

 

[MEI96]

Zero hours to MEI $49,000 Sierra Academy Oakland, CA.

College Degree was an extra $24,000 at U.C. Berkeley.