Hi B,

I was in your shoes a while back too. Although I have my commercial already. Jet U would be a quick way to get into a regional when the regionals were hiring like crazy. But right now, even if you get your commercial, with little time it's impossible to get on with anybody. I talked to JetU a week ago and they're still not getting any interviews at all for their graduates. I keep in touch with a few of their graduates from late 08 and they're still not getting any interviews yet. There's no point going there if you're hoping to get on with a regional.

I don't think the economy is going to pick up anytime soon so there's no point in getting all your tickets early. If you have hard cash, go to an FBO and just do all your training there. If you don't have moolah, go to ATP and get all your ticket done.

Shop around
 

Make sure you shop around. There is a 141 school in Atlanta that costs the same as the Jet U but you finish with 205 hours minimum. That would include your Private, Instrument, Commercial Single and Multi. So 38,000 would go a little further in this example.

CRJ sim experience and 151 hours total time is not going to get you hired by anyone. The additional cost of CRJ time could be spent toward building time.

So.......you're gonna spend 38K and have a total of 151 hours. How much of that is ME time? Will they offer you a position of flight instructor at the end of your training? Just like someone else mentioned...the days of hiring low time pilots is gone.......for a very long time with the exception of a few places and believe me the competition it stiff.

My friend, I would advise you to do ALOT more research in terms of identifying a flight school to attend and attaining all your licenses and ratings. There are some schools/FBO's that offer you twice as much TT for the same price or lower; and with that most of your accumulated TT is in a ME a/c.

Do yourself a favor, do some more research, comparative shopping, cost benefit analysis and then pose your questions. Otherwise, you'll ask about every tom, dick & harry operation out there and the guys at this forum will pick up on that real quick like.


All the best. Blue skies.




atp

Would you know the name?

Why not get a 737 type for about $1000 less?

I find it odd that everyone is asking "How many hours do you finish with?"

I always looked at it as, you train in as few hours as possible to save money and then build hours on someone else's dime. (CFI'ing, etc)

Why pay for flight hours that someone out there is willing to pay you to put in your logbook. NEVER pay to build hours.

OMG!!! You again. :p

Just kiddin'.

If you're able to accrue more hours at the same cost, then your cost/hr is lower. More bang for the same buck. Wouldn't you agree?



atp

yeah, i guess, but 20 more hours over the course of your training doesn't really do anything for you when usually you accrue them so fast (fast is a relative term) at a paying job.

But I think we really have hit the nail on the head on the cost of these zero to hero programs...you give them a lot of money and it is to their benefit to get you through with the least amount of hours possible.

You are paying for ratings through them, not hours*


*unless of course you go over, then we can really take some money from ya!

The school is Fulton Aviation Flight School. The web address is FultonAviation.com. Click on the Professional Pilot Course link in the middle of page.

Some Major Regional/Mainline Companies may have a problem with that.
Just my two cents, but someone looking for information on where to learn how to fly, should not be so quick to reject the idea of teaching people how to fly one day.

If trying to pay your way ahead in this industry, as a way to replace dedication, commitment, and experience, is your ultimate goal than I think Jet U's CRJ Transition Program is just for you.