ATP Can Finance everything
02-23-2020, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Chipjumper
This is insanity. Even $60k makes me cringe. You could buy a mid time PA-28 for $25, spend $13.5 for an Aspen E5 and TruTrak installed price, pay a CFI-I $40/hr cash money to pull you through your PPL, IFR, and COM. $45/hr fuel plus $10/hr reserve plus $23/hr fixed costs x 250 hours = $19,500 plus 60hrs of instruction = $21,900 plus acquisition and upgrade cost of the plane.
If you don’t have the $25-30k to buy PA-28 and the $13.5k to upgrade the panel then you could finance it. Note that your plane will have excellent resale value with your Aspen panel with TruTrak.
If you don’t have the $25-30k to buy PA-28 and the $13.5k to upgrade the panel then you could finance it. Note that your plane will have excellent resale value with your Aspen panel with TruTrak.
02-26-2020, 07:31 PM
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So after hours and hours of looking at alternative ways to finance flight training with 0 money and 0 co-signer I’ve narrowed down my option to Army WOFT.
That would mean active duty 6 years BUT I managed to find something interesting....
The Army Guard in Alaska is offering WOFT street to seat with a 8 year commitment!
https://www.nationalguard.com/select-your-state/AK
If I were to move to Alaska for Army Guard WOFT wouldn’t that qualify me for Mil R-ATP(750 hrs) and I would have to only serve 38 days out of the year (1 weekend/month and 2 weeks in the summer) for 8 years. Build my flight hours via Army helicopter while trying to get 250fixed wing time via participating in an airline rotor transition program/renting a plane then go to airlines since I will have so much free time and then hopeful transfer out of Alaska ASAP.
Or would going Active duty be the best option but take longer because I can’t fly for airlines till after 6 years.
That would mean active duty 6 years BUT I managed to find something interesting....
The Army Guard in Alaska is offering WOFT street to seat with a 8 year commitment!
https://www.nationalguard.com/select-your-state/AK
If I were to move to Alaska for Army Guard WOFT wouldn’t that qualify me for Mil R-ATP(750 hrs) and I would have to only serve 38 days out of the year (1 weekend/month and 2 weeks in the summer) for 8 years. Build my flight hours via Army helicopter while trying to get 250fixed wing time via participating in an airline rotor transition program/renting a plane then go to airlines since I will have so much free time and then hopeful transfer out of Alaska ASAP.
Or would going Active duty be the best option but take longer because I can’t fly for airlines till after 6 years.
02-26-2020, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BigKitten229180
So after hours and hours of looking at alternative ways to finance flight training with 0 money and 0 co-signer I’ve narrowed down my option to Army WOFT.
That would mean active duty 6 years BUT I managed to find something interesting....
The Army Guard in Alaska is offering WOFT street to seat with a 8 year commitment!
https://www.nationalguard.com/select-your-state/AK
If I were to move to Alaska for Army Guard WOFT wouldn’t that qualify me for Mil R-ATP(750 hrs) and I would have to only serve 38 days out of the year (1 weekend/month and 2 weeks in the summer) for 8 years. Build my flight hours via Army helicopter while trying to get 250fixed wing time via participating in an airline rotor transition program/renting a plane then go to airlines since I will have so much free time and then hopeful transfer out of Alaska ASAP.
Or would going Active duty be the best option but take longer because I can’t fly for airlines till after 6 years.
That would mean active duty 6 years BUT I managed to find something interesting....
The Army Guard in Alaska is offering WOFT street to seat with a 8 year commitment!
https://www.nationalguard.com/select-your-state/AK
If I were to move to Alaska for Army Guard WOFT wouldn’t that qualify me for Mil R-ATP(750 hrs) and I would have to only serve 38 days out of the year (1 weekend/month and 2 weeks in the summer) for 8 years. Build my flight hours via Army helicopter while trying to get 250fixed wing time via participating in an airline rotor transition program/renting a plane then go to airlines since I will have so much free time and then hopeful transfer out of Alaska ASAP.
Or would going Active duty be the best option but take longer because I can’t fly for airlines till after 6 years.
Be aware that few operational units actually do one weekend/month, two weeks per year... it's going to be more than that. I did about three months total active duty last year and I was in a (senior) staff unit...
02-26-2020, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Anyone who's been around the block will tell you that Guard(or reserves) + parallel civilian track via regionals is the fastest path, and best way to have your cake and eat it to.
Be aware that few operational units actually do one weekend/month, two weeks per year... it's going to be more than that. I did about three months total active duty last year and I was in a (senior) staff unit...
Be aware that few operational units actually do one weekend/month, two weeks per year... it's going to be more than that. I did about three months total active duty last year and I was in a (senior) staff unit...
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