Originally Posted by
bigboeings
Ive never understood why people say it takes so much $$$ to become a pilot. I started to fly in 1990 at a 141 school. It took me 6 months and $13000, which included housing. Adjusted for inflation thats around 23K today. That's not too bad.
Uh, that's 25 yrs ago. Fuel prices are still much higher since then, as is insurance and everything else. I did my training 11 yrs after you, and multi-Inst-MEI cost about 50K. ATPs is offering 0-Hero for 70K, which is probably 80K with fees and incidentals at this time.