Hey everyone, I've been lurking for a while but finally made baby steps towards getting back in the cockpit. I was at a 4 yr University doing flight school and it just didn't work out at the time. Bad weather, busy schedule, and most of all, money, kept me from continuing past my private, I have 83 hours. I got my degree and have been working since, different positions in the industry and have had the itch to fly again.

I'm now 30 and in a stable place now where I can continue training. I haven't been in the air for 10 years. I know I will need some recurrent and BFR before I really get going, but the immediate goal is get to a regional ASAP. I figure even at 30, if I can get going I'll have plenty of time on a seniority list.

I have done some research about local options as I work full-time and plan on contunuing that until I have my commercial and CFI. The 2 schools I have near me are 141 schools which seem to fit the bill well.

School A is 10 minutes away (almost on the way home from work which is 30 minutes away), but does instrument ground School in a group setting, once a year, in January. You can see the issue as I want to get started as soon as possible and don't want to miss out on the nice weather over the next 5-6 months (I'm in the Midwest).

School B has 2 locations, both about 30 minutes from me, just from speaking with them they seem like they were a little more helpful. They do 1-on-1 instrument ground and could pretty much get me started right away.

Both seem similarly priced, but the distance from school A is the draw. I could be there around 4:00 a couple of times a week for a few hours and a day a weekend. School B is 30 minutes the opposite direction from work from my house so that means an hour commute to get there after work and maybe limiting what flight slot I can snag.

Any advice for someone getting back into it? I'm considering getting my instrument going at school B then go to school A if it isn't working out. ATP or similar accelerated school isn't really an option right now.