Originally Posted by atpwannabe

Mike:

I, too, am in the same shoes as you are. The research that I have done is as follows:

Local FBO
PPL to Comm w/I - 20K-25K; transfer to flight academy-CFI to MEI, another 30K. You've spent approx 50K to 55K at that point...w/o housing.

My plans are to do the flight academy up to CFII/MEI @ about 42K to 50K--which includes housing. Schools such as ATP and DCA, I believe, may fall into this category. Shoot, get FS if you can The less you have to pay for outta pocket expenses the better off you will be.