02-12-2011The 310 isn't $400 per hour, it is $380 - I exaggerated a little lol. Still in that ballpark, and way too much since I'll need 13.5 hours in it to get meet the 15 PIC requirement. I think it is overpriced, but a lot of other 310's that I've seen around are in the $325-375 price range. They normally use these planes for charter work (they are not in the business of flight training), and it definitely has a nicer interior and stuff than most training/rental aircraft I've been in, plus they just redid the avionics. Supposedly the $380/hour is a 'discount' off of what they would normally charge for use of the aircraft for charter purposes.
As for the bonanza, it is not owned by the FBO, and the owner doesn't want flight training done in his plane. He explicitly said he didn't want any power-off maneuvers done or emergency gear extensions. And the Cirrus isn't really a possibility, I don't meet insurance minimums and the CFI that I would be working with doesn't either. It's pretty new ~250 hours, so they are being extra picky with it. I think their price on that is in the $225-250 range. If I"m going to be spending that kind of money, I might as well go somewhere that has a Seminole or Duchess for that price (or probably less), at least I'd be logging multi time lol.
Its looking like all ATPs is still a better option at this point.
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