Type rating cost:
I paid $11,000.00 10 years ago.
Ground school and sim only.
Sims run at about $400.00 per hour.
Direct operating cost can be as low as $3,000
per hour.
Then add fixed expenses and double the figure.
JAL's cost of flying their -200 series was about $15,000.00 per hour a while ago.
(I did 6 hours of touch and goes with a JAL bird, that cost 'em 90K...)
For a new -400, figure $1 mill a month in interest alone.
[ 03 December 2001: Message edited by: TowerDog ]