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Old 01-23-2009, 03:05 PM
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I am a completely new pilot hopeful and have several questions particularly for students/grads of Jet U:


1) How difficult is the training? What does the average day at school look like? Schedule, hours, etc?

2) Does $38K plus $7500 for CRJ transition seem like a decent price to pay for such training?

3) Is getting an airline job without a college degree a complete impossibility?

4) How does if work if one is more interested in flying cargo planes VS airline?
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How old are you?

Have you tried the search function?

Go to college first if your under 25 or so!
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I am 25. Yes I searched a few threads pertaining to this school but could not find anything pertaining to what the schedule is like.

Do you think $38K is a good price for private, instrument, multi, and commercial ratings?
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I am 25. Yes I searched a few threads pertaining to this school but could not find anything pertaining to what the schedule is like.

Do you think $38K is a good price for private, instrument, multi, and commercial ratings?
Depends. How many hours do you finish with? How many of those are multi? What type aircraft are they using? How much more for CFI, CFII, MEI? You're almost unemployable aside from instructing with a fresh commercial ticket unless you know someone or get really lucky. I'll plug my old flight school. Prairie Air Service, Inc. I've heard the prices on the site are not up to date but they are worth at least a phone call. I bet you could go PPL thru MEI there for 38K or less.
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No. I do not have multi at this time, but I am less than $20K into my flight training. That's PVT, IR, COMM-ASEL. Knocking on 400hrs soon.

Is that part 141 or part 91?
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What does a CRJ course for $7500 do for you when there are hundreds of CRJ current and qualified individuals on the street right now?

Have you taken a look at who's hiring?
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Depends. How many hours do you finish with? How many of those are multi? What type aircraft are they using? How much more for CFI, CFII, MEI? You're almost unemployable aside from instructing with a fresh commercial ticket unless you know someone or get really lucky. I'll plug my old flight school. Prairie Air Service, Inc. I've heard the prices on the site are not up to date but they are worth at least a phone call. I bet you could go PPL thru MEI there for 38K or less.

Here is part of what the recruiter emailed me:


We just received approval from the FAA under part 141 to get you your rating for Pvt/IFR/CPL/M/E in as little as 151 hrs—making the cost only $38,000—Can also reduce the time needed to get those ratings----- If you then go into the CRJ Fast Track ( 5 weeks ) that cost $7,500—for total of $45,500


I have no interest in instructing so that puts a large roadblock.
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Here is part of what the recruiter emailed me:


We just received approval from the FAA under part 141 to get you your rating for Pvt/IFR/CPL/M/E in as little as 151 hrs—making the cost only $38,000—Can also reduce the time needed to get those ratings----- If you then go into the CRJ Fast Track ( 5 weeks ) that cost $7,500—for total of $45,500


I have no interest in instructing so that puts a large roadblock.
Good luck finding a job. The days of getting hired with no time are long gone.
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I have no interest in instructing so that puts a large roadblock.
Yeah. Sure does ...
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Originally Posted by New B View Post
Here is part of what the recruiter emailed me:


We just received approval from the FAA under part 141 to get you your rating for Pvt/IFR/CPL/M/E in as little as 151 hrs—making the cost only $38,000—Can also reduce the time needed to get those ratings----- If you then go into the CRJ Fast Track ( 5 weeks ) that cost $7,500—for total of $45,500


I have no interest in instructing so that puts a large roadblock.
Why don't you go browse around the Regional forums and see how much those people like their jobs and how much flow they really make.

$38k is a huge deal... think long and hard about spending it. If you think about the total hours, 151 hrs, which is about $225/hr with checkrides, tests, etc... that kind of sucks. Also, ask the people if they have paid their flight instructors recently... a large school next to me hasn't paid in like two weeks, now the instructors refuse to work - it is possible the students could loose their money.

Check out slice's spot
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