Cost of PPL
 

Well I just added it all up and it was more than I thought it was. I got my ticket on Monday right at 50 hours. It cost me just over $9500 and that doesn't include the examiner fee of $300 and the random stuff I bought like study guide, headset, kneeboard, Cessna Pilot kit for the 141 school, etc.

So I would say that all in all it cost me about $10,500. Now it is on to multi and instrument. In the grand scheme of things someplace like ATP that you get everything except your PPL in 90 days for around $50K isn't that far out of site.

Where did you train? That's seems VERY excessive! An average of $190 per hour? What the...:eek:

I'm in Va. the plane was $125 and hour then $45 an hour for an instructor. There was some ground only training and then there were about 3-4 hours of solo time that I didn't need but just went up and played around so that I could stay current waiting on scheduling issues like stage checks.

Find a smaller part 61 school and rent an old 172/152 to get over the hump to the commercial. You will save a lot of money and get to the same place. The extra cash for new fangled avionics that don't really matter in the long run. If you have good basic flying skills, you can pick up the new boxes quickly later on.

You need to be more discriminating about how you spend your money. I rented a 152 for my private training at $48 an hour wet plus instructor $20 an hour. Gas has gone up a bit the last three years, but I can walk out and do this same thing today for $70 wet airplane, $25 instructor. I got all my flight ratings (private, instrument, commercial single & multi, high performance, complex/retract, tailwheel, multiengine) for about $25k. Look into flying clubs, smaller FBOs, and grapevine connections to save money. A new airplane is not required.

yeah no kidding, you better find yourself a better setup. i got my ticket @ 49 hours and WITH all that other random stuff like headsets, exam fees, charts... mine was right at $4500... and mind you, this was a month ago... so thats with current fuel prices

That does seem a little much, but I'm still a fan of only needing 120 hours of training for the CPL instead of 250 total (141 vs 61). That is an advantage for that Commercial license.

Isn't it 190 under 141?

Where did you do that, and was it an old 152?

i own a share in a beech sundowner.. i 'rent' it dry for $15/hour... plus i got all my instruction, ground included, for $1200..