Originally Posted by
gojo
I understand all the unpredictable variables, but dang 150 grand seems like an awful lot to me. I think there are a lot more economical ways of getting that done. It's been a while since I finished, but I spent a fraction of that. I don't know.... Maybe everything tripled since then, but I'm wondering how I would even pay that off in a timely manor on a captain salary
In 2002, you could rent a C-172 wet for 65/hr. Now they go for 160/hr. Even a 152 which was about 40/hr is now 95/hr.
Oil has gone from 30/barrel to where it is now, 100?
A lot of schools have closed to, so the local flight school may not be an option. You have to move somewhere and pay rent on top of instruction. Only very few schools have carve outs that allow reduced training for an ATP, otherwise you need 1500 hrs. Flying checks is gone too.