Originally Posted by
daniel0265
Dude, I have friends in your standz department and line instructors. I just left there as an instructor last year. You cannot be that far into ALL your ratings if you say you have not broken atleast the 60K marker. Cost for me was 75K starting at inst - CFI, PVT was at another place. This was the price I paied before it turned to a cirrus fleet, where an CFII ADD-On was quoted already at close to 7gs and no one in my class spent uner 9gs for it. Last time I had coffee with my buddies their they told me the cost has gone up over all. Now I am not saing it is not worth it, after all I drive an CRJ now but don't say DCA doesnt cost as much as these ppl say it does. At the end of the day, anyone who goes through the progam will pay out ATLEAST 75K Pvt-MEI (under old program) and that would be if you are a superstar.
Hi Daniel...good to see you again. Hope all is well in your new job.
When I left DCA last year, I spent just shy of $12,000.00 to complete the CFII course in the new Cirrus SR20's. I loved flying the airplanes, but would never have taken the CFII course at DCA had I known that it would have cost so much. Our class was given a quote of $6,995.00 for the course. Sure...wx, maint., CFII shortages, and scheduling conflicts tend to drag out the training process -but I believe that the true cost overruns were a result of a change in training philosophy.
During my time at DCA, I put forth much effort into my training...and I achieved a high level of learning as a result. Expensive?? VERY.... Am I saddled with high debt?? You bet I am... Was it worth it?? Too soon to know since I'm still 'swimming' in the hiring pool at ASA right now. Bottom line...there are a thousand different ways to get into an airline job -this is just my way. At the end of the day, if we're fortunate enough, we'll all be sitting in the same seat, earning the same salary, doing the same profession that we all want to do -regardless of the path traveled to get there.
