FIC Course £5000 or £7000

[18greens]

I was looking around for an FIC course in the south. Almost everyone seems to charge in the £5000 bracket but a couple of places charge about £7000.

Is the difference really worth the extra £2000 or are all FIC courses much the same?

If you were picking a school what questions would you ask of the training organisation given the hindsight you now have?

[Meeb]

I hate to state the obvious, but a job! If you can secure even part time instructing duties at the place you train at then that saves a lot of mucking around trying to find a job in these hard times. Also, from the schools point of view you will be standardised from day one!

[MJR]

The questions I would ask is why their course costs £2k more than the average?

Does the course nomally run on schedule, or does the FIC instructor keep rushing off to do other things?

Does it include the 120 hours ground school or do they just tell you to go and read a book?

Will they give you a job at the end of the course?

What aircraft do you train in? I'd rather be in a PA28 than a C152.

Are you paired with another student?

Can you do the night rating as well in the same time period?

hope this helps

cheers

MJR

[18greens]

Thanks both of you for those sage words.

How long in terms of elasped time did it take you to do yours?

[MJR]

5 weeks full time during October/November.