Originally Posted by
daniel0265
Here is about what I paied (I was pretty average, no super star)
Pvt = didn't get at DCA
started inst. with 45hrs
inst. = 16K
Com single = 17K
com multi = 13K
CFI = 18K
Ened CFI with a total about 220hrs
CFII = only did ground school and 5 lessons and it costed me 5G
These where my rough est. costs not exact and Im too lazy to add them together to see how lose to 75K but I know I was in that ball park. My opinion on what makes DCA really costly is the groundschools. If you end up under even 70K at DCA that is totally kewl and good for you. I hope it is true for you, don't like to see people with a debt like and greater than mine. Training at DCA I agree is GREAT also, helped me a lot on my interview with ASA. The DCA profiles are much likes the ones at ASA also and that helped me in training. I won't say DCA is not worth it, I just want to push the issue that it does cost a lot.
This is not the norm for everyone. Some pay more and some pay less. 31,000 is way too much for these even at DCA. You went through a few months behind me so our costs should be similar...thankfully I did not pay that much.
DCA is now quoting 75K for Private-CFII plus their standard 20% suggested add on. So they are quoting 90K+ before 1 month or rent or 1 Sobiks Sub.