yeah man that was why I left (every one in my class was spending just around 10gs). I was hired as a CFI and DCA because they had something like a 4 month gap before they can start that CFII course in the cirrus. I was in the 1st CFII class in the cirrus, less than 50% of us stayed there once we noticed how much more it was going to cost VS doing it in the 172. I think there is a OLD thread about it somewhere in this forum. Again, I am not saying that DCA is bad. I thought it was great training, just do lie about the price or be fooled. Personally, I thought it was worth it but CFII was the fine line. 10Gs for an add-on like that was just too steep and I just ran outta money. I was had just around 6gs left in my account when I started it because that was how much it used to be in the 172. So I was on target for 75K more or less but with that new price tag... yeah...

Maybe it is cheaper now, I don't know. I don't ask too many questions to my buddies about it. But last time we all went out and talked shop they told me that the new program OVERALL is costing students more then the told one. Makes sence since now they can't rent a 152 w/o inst for under $100. I do admit that the cirrus price per hr isn't bad for what it is. When I left it was $119 before fuel surcharge and inst. That was the same price as the arrow if i remember right. But still more than the 152/172 and also now Com multi comes 1st and that means that is your inital so means you have to put more hrs in the multi, thats more money. The old program you get single 1st and just do 15 or was it 25hrs in the multi for the add-on. (i forgot) But hr to hr plane to plane that was cheaper then the camel. You can take what I say with a grain of salt but that was how it was when I was there.