Originally Posted by deltajuliet

18 minutes away is nice, beats moving across the country. $39k is a decent price for all those (though quoted price doesn't always mean final price), but yes, you'll probably want to get your CFI, CFII (Instrument Instructor), and MEI (Multi-Engine Instructor) as well.

You can always transfer to a different flight school for those; ATP Flight School has locations around the country and can even get you each one of those in the span of 1-2 weeks (though those will be hardcore weeks). Or go to some other local flight school and do it.



Yeah, but paying for it is the harder part. Scholarships help (a big one is like winning the lottery, smaller ones are still absolutely worth pursuing), if your parents can contribute that's terrific, and working at the same time can be a challenge but not impossible. If you want to do schooling while getting your aviation ratings, definitely look into an accredited 141 school where you can earn a Restricted ATP at 1000 hours instead of just a normal ATP at 1500 hours. Generally these are the university flight schools. It just saves you 500 hours of instructing, or 6-12 months.



Driven students can get everything done in 2.5 years, more will finish them around the same time (~4 years).


Respect.