Cost to rent a Twin in your Town
03-15-2009, 06:46 PM
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Cost to rent a Twin in your Town
Ok Maybe I am just out of the GA arena too long, but the other day I called a flight school in one of the Mid Atlantic States to get an idea how much it would cost to rent a PA44 I was quoted a price of $205 per hour and they said that that was going north of $230 come spring.
My Question is how are people building multi time these days with the cost getting so expensive.
My Question is how are people building multi time these days with the cost getting so expensive.
03-15-2009, 07:17 PM
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Why do you need the multi time or expirience? Honestly, I'd stay away from renting a twin in the industry's current state of affairs. Getting some multi time won't get you anywhere in the near future unless you have an inside line on a job and just need to get current, however in many cases a sim or single engine will do if you're flying consistently. You're almost just as well or better off working at (insert retail store here, or whatever) until things turn around if you don't have a flying job already. Keep working at finding a flying job to pay the bills but if that doesn't pan out - The personal investment in hours at this time simply isn't worth it when competitive mins are in the thousands TT for ANY flying job and usually at least the hundreds for multi time. Otherwise I'd try and find a 135 company someplace that would hire you into a multi or eventually upgrade you into a twin. At my 135 company a year and a half ago we were finding people that just met the minimums, now my chief pilot has resumes crossing his desk from people that have come from boeings and airbusses - just to fly a Navajo. Good luck..
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