Originally Posted by
AboveAndBeyond
The schools have been lobbying for the reduction.
Why would anyone spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for their flight training at a major university when most part 61 schools turn out pilots that are as good or better (depending on the school) for thousands of dollars less? The schools are using the reduced minimums as a selling point to get students to waste their money.
Just to clarify my flight training costs is around $56,000. UND is extremely cheap, with my financial aid I only paid $5,000 in tuition (per semester) including room & board. Thats pretty damn good. total I'll come out getting my training and a 4 year degree roughly at $75,000. So not quiet hundreds of thousands of dollars, but I still get your point