Something different.

[JettBoii]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090503/ap_on_re_us/us_meltdown_pilots

 

[PA44Jockey]

$10,000 on a private pilots license? Say it isn't so!

 

[JettBoii]

I enrolled into one of the brainwashing camps so I could get the "coveted" interview with Continental Express and hopefully be piloting a fancy E120, ATR42 or a 1900. At the end of my instrument rating I had spent 18K which was when I sort of wised up and finished up at a local airport. My wife actually said " you idiot..you only have 25K to begin with..you better find another place to get your ratings". I think I still spent 50K on all of them. I finally paid that monkey off. I am guessing loans are getting harder and harder to come by and hopefully students are wising up and getting their ratings via a cheaper avenue instead of a using the more expensive routes.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

$10,000 on a private pilots license? Say it isn't so!

I've seen folks run out of money after spending at least that much to get their PP. It's kind of funny and sad at the same time.