Price of Instrument Rating???

[UA-RESURRECTED]

Here's a quote taken from this website regarding the instrument rating:

The cost is dependent upon your ability and flight time. The national average ranges from $1000.00 to $1500.00 which includes all flight time, instructor fees, flight test and ground school.

Then, it says this regarding the requirements:

Have logged 50 hours as pilot-in-command (P.I.C) time cross country, not counting the 10 hours from your private cross-countries.

Have logged 40 hours of simulated or actual instrument time (either under the hood or in the clouds)

So that's 90 hours of time needed to get an instrument rating. 90 hours, multiplied by $90/hour for the plane = $8,100 just in airplane rental fees. Plus instructor fees...you could be looking at 10K just to get an instrument rating???

Am I missing something here, or is it really that expensive???

 

[jaxpilot]

Find a place and do it part 141 if you can, you dont have to have the 50 hrs XC and you need 35 hours instrument instead of 40. If you do go part 61, the 50 hours of XC do not have to be with an instructor, and you CAN count the 5-10 hours of solo XC time you flew when you were obtaining your private. So you will only have rental fees for that unless you can find someone to split time with or find a guy that will let you fly his plane.

 

[Air 1]

Have logged 50 hours as pilot-in-command (P.I.C) time cross country, not counting the 10 hours from your private cross-countries.

I'm not sure wherre they get that from. You can count the cross countries you did during your private IF it was solo cross countries (PIC). The 50 hours cross country can be combined with the 40 hours under the hood. Get under the hood, and take some X-C's. Kill 2 birds with one stone.

 

[gsrcrsx68]

You need 40 hours of instrument time...some of that can count towards your cross country requirements. Also you only need 15 hours of dual, the rest of that time can be with a safety pilot. You can do 10 hours in a pcatd(simulator). And ground.

How much it ends up costing is up to you. I spent $4900 on mine. I used a flight instructor(easier for scheduling) for all 40 hours in an airplane(no sim), did the checkride at 40 hours. You could probably save $1000 by using a safety pilot and the simulator. But if you are gonna do a commercial your pcatd time won't count towards flight time, so you might as well stay in the airplane.

The most important things are studying and doing it in a consistent fashion.

I have heard of people spending a lot more than the $8,100 you were thinking...but it doesn't have to cost that much.

 

[dumblonde]

One way to build x-c and hood time is to fly with a safety pilot. He fly's one leg, your under the hood, you both log PIC and x-c time. Then on the return trip he fly's, your safety pilot and you split the cost.

 

[Slice121]

http://www.prairieairservice.com/instrument_training.htm

 

[epic!]

One way to build x-c and hood time is to fly with a safety pilot. He fly's one leg, your under the hood, you both log PIC and x-c time. Then on the return trip he fly's, your safety pilot and you split the cost.

thats what im doing.