Originally Posted by
AVIVIII
Even at that, it is still $36,000 PLUS to get 190 hours of multi time. And that figure doesn't include the PPL either.
If you want to get the private through ATP, thats another $9K and they provide housing for that as well. Thats 2 months and 85 hours. So it is private and then some more PIC X-C time on top of it all.
So yeah, you could probably save 3-4 thousand doing it all multi at that specific FBO. That is assuming that you can actually get a deal like that. Also assuming that the plane doesn't break down or get scheduled by someone else and the instructor is always available. And again, that you aren't in a rush. That still doesn't include housing, sim training, ground training, writtens or expenses.
Where is this FBO? What type of plane is it? Does it have GPS? Slaved gyros? Insurance?
I think he is going by the fact that the FBO would be within driving distance of your house, so you don't need to pay extra for housing. I doubt that their would be a whole lot of Sim Training, most FBOs I know of either do not have a sim, or only charge for the instructor when you use the sim, if you use it.
There are better deals out there than ATP, that is a fact. It may just take some more searching. It is also easier to work out a deal with a FBO than trying to work out a deal with a big name school like ATP
I believe BURflyer is just saying that ATP is not the end all be all of Flight Training, like some would make it out to be.