Originally Posted by
Terrence Trent Derby
Modular has so many advantages for me personally. Not just financial, but also flexibility and time.
Of course the point isn’t just to get a CPL-ME-IR, it’s to get a job in the RHS at the end of it.
All of the integrated course providers market their “graduate talent pool”, tagging / links with airlines.
Many of them also offer modular training with this same job-seeking support, but they charge significantly more for their modular courses.
My question is… when it comes to finding that first job, is having the support of a big training organisation like this worth paying a premium for?
Originally Posted by
rudestuff
It's just maths. Maybe follow through with a calculator.
Because you have to pay them, and schools make a lot of their profit on dual instruction. If a school charges £210 for dual and £150 for solo then you're paying (210-150=60) extra to cover the cost of the instructor.
A couple of points: Firstly there is usually a solo price and a dual price. It looks like they're charging dual for the whole 45 hours. However it's including VAT so not unreasonable. Secondly 210×45 = 9450 and Stapleford are currently offering 45 hours for £8977.50 total, including landing fees. Certainly not £12k.
Using
their numbers for all the SE work and flying a Technam to save a bit more:
PPL first 45 hours £8764. SEP @£143, MEP @£450, instructor @£62:
£8764 + (143hrs x £143) + (12hrs x £450) + (67hrs x £62) = £38,767 - which is even less than my estimated figures.
Add £1000 to upgrade to a complex single for 5 hours for CPL and your total cost for aircraft, instructor and landing fees will be less than £40k (and that's at school prices! You can save a lot more by using TMG, foreign flying, non-equity share,
negotiating etc).
The remaining costs will be Medical, flight tests (but not aircraft rental!), ground school, exams and licence issue.[/QUOTE]
RedHill's website says their PPL will cost £12k, Staplefords own website also says it will cost £50-£60k w/o type rating.
Youre missing a lot of information, stapleford has its own brochure with the breakdown of fees from zero to CPL and it is greater than >£50k. Obviously people are going to trust that more than an anonymous forum post on a website. Its their pilot training pricelist in the quick links section.