How much did you spend of flight training?

[Way2Broke]

Flight training has become progressively more expensive. How much did you spend? If replying please note the year you finished and any special circumstances.

 

[flyf15]

2001-2003..... Private through CFI/CFII/MEI.... about $35000.

Lots of that was getting hundred dollar hamburgers in a Duchess, which added to the price significantly.

 

[say again]

1999- $22000, all but MEI (room & board included). I started at a good time!!

 

[j41driver]

Finished in 1996...mid-20K's...not exactly sure. Lots of $100 burgers thrown in there as well.

 

[siucavflight]

27,000, finished at Southern Illinois University in 2002

 

[d328pilot]

Joined CAP as a cadet and started taking lessons in 95 and paid $15 an hour dry for their 172. Also worked as a line guy and got an employee discount on fuel. Total was about $35 an hour. Total spend all the way through CFII / MEI was about $8000.

 

[V-1]

1998, $40,000 includes MEL, MEI, Associate's degree.

 

[jetpig32]

Joined CAP as a cadet and started taking lessons in 95 and paid $15 an hour dry for their 172. Also worked as a line guy and got an employee discount on fuel. Total was about $35 an hour. Total spend all the way through CFII / MEI was about $8000.

Similar experience. Used CAP benefits at a Navy flying Club.

 

[Flyer1015]

I know a guy who just got out of Riddle last year with roughly $200k in debt (college/flying/living expenses).

How he plans on paying that off starting at a regional salary of $21k is beyond me...

 

[BoilerUP]

Probably $30k for all my ratings through MEI; add maybe $5k for simulator courses required for my college major.

Total for 4 years out-of-state college tuition, all flight & simulator fees, room/board/rent? Close to $100,000. Regrets? Zero.

 

[Harmattan96]

1996, south of 25000$,got me 0 to COM/ME/IR at my own pace.
2003, south of 5000$, got me FI, II, MEI still at my own pace.
Degree paid by uncle sam's GI bill, with leftovers for masters when I feel like it.
Current debt...nada!

 

[bobs98tlr]

2001-(with a year and half break)2006....Pvt, inst, commercial, multi and 350hrs for alittle less then $40k....lots of personal trips in a C182.

$20k was pretty much wasted at a 141 school (about $8k) and the other $12k was wasted at a 61 school that ripped me off on my commercial.

 

[MEL'ed]

Probably $30k for all my ratings through MEI; add maybe $5k for simulator courses required for my college major.

Total for 4 years out-of-state college tuition, all flight & simulator fees, room/board/rent? Close to $100,000. Regrets? Zero.

How much of that did Harry's steal from you? Must have more quarter beer nights at the Cactus. Those were four great years of my life, and now I have to do State College overnights to have that much fun again.

 

[SPilot]

Started last month of 2004, finished mid 2006 with CFI/CFII/MEI. One year break in the middle of training.

Flight training only $42,000.00 (my flight school spending record). Advertised as $34,000.00.
Including living expenses for two years (nice housing, nice car) $60,000.00

Total hours when finished, approx 220 hours. Avg cost with 80 hours multi and 140 hours C172-time out of school: $190/hour.

Edit: And today, average number of days working to make $190: 2.7 days.

 

[QuasarZ]

about 22k for comercial multi instrument, high alt, high perf. this was over the last couple years at my own pace

 

[Citrus531]

29k after getting my CFI a couple of months ago.....that'll go over 30 when i get my MEI....

My instructor for my private, instrument and SE commercial was close to 60 after going to flight safety.

 

[Aviation Geek]

2005. Still need to get the CFIs done. Made LOTS of mistakes along the way.

 

[Goose Egg]

About $30k when all was said and done, and that was for a BS in Aviation at a state school, Private through CFII through Commercial Multi. The school that I instructed at also paid for my commercial glider, CFI-G, and MEI, so those were free for me. I wish I had known that they would hire me, because they would have paid for my CFII too!

I lived at home, so I didn't have to pay for rent or food, and since I was older and poor, only about $16k came out of my pocket in the way of loans--the rest was pell grants from the government. So it's worked out pretty well.

-Goose

 

[JonnyKnoxville]

$50,000 - Completed in 2002. PVT through MEI, expensive but no regrets with my training choice, just my career choice

 

[the turtle]

1998-1999 for ppt through m/cfi..15,500

small maryland airport

when i hear what some of my fo's pay today it makes me sick

ps. I already had my BS