Originally Posted by
TipTanks
TBH, almost not at all. If you're at a school that has ample supply of students** (big caveat there) you should be able to average 2-3 flights per day 5 days a week (bad weather days you may need to come in a 6th day to keep your averages up!)
15 flights a week >> 60 flights a month >> avg. 2 hours per training flight >> 120 hours per month.....this isn't fun, but it's totally doable.
So with that math, you're talking about 2 months for 250 hours.
Question: Are you planning to do this full time? Or are you training part time?
With TCC or Liberty, when can you start instructing? Only after you've graduated? If so it's going to take you 2-4 years just to get through school. Then ~18 months to get to 1500 hours. So total time 42-66 months zero to hero?
If you went to a non-university 141 school full time (still use your VA benefits) and you would be a CFI/CFII inside of 1 year, and then have your 1500 hours in another 18 months. So, zero to hero in 30 months.
Non-university 141 program part-time--might take you 18 months for training plus 18 months instructing/time build....so 36 months.
Then down the road, do an online degree program while you're sitting reserve at the regional airline.
Yes to doing this full time. Here is the downside to using VA benefits at a 141 non university, you can only then receive 13k a year towards flight training. That would mean basically one rating a year, that doesn’t seem real feasible to me and I would also not receive any MAH if I went that route. The MAH alone would be 1k a month just for going the university route.
My main goal has always been start this year at 39 years old, 40 in September, and have all ratings by 42. Tbh I’m not sure I’ll want to be a CFI, and I honesty would have no issue renting a plane and flying it. I know that’s not the preferred route. However, like many have said right now these seem to be unforeseen times. Honestly, while going to school I could use the 1k a month from MAH to rent a plane and fly even if that’s only 10 hours extra a month for 2 years.