Originally Posted by LeoSV

I totally disagree with you about the time frame. It is almost impossible to get all those ratings at an FBO in even remotely close to 90 days. (private not included) I have tried it. In order to save all that money, you need safety pilots, and safety pilots are a pain in the you know what to find on a regular basis, unless you get totally lucky and find others in the same boat that have the same time frames as you. Otherwise, you need to pay an instructor to ride with you to get the hood time. Plus if you look at the cost and effort it takes to build ME time, ATP's prices aren't really all that bad. I'm not trying to advertise for them, and I know it really is alot of money to pay, but for the structure and ME time, it's really not THAT bad. flight training is expensive no matter where you go.