Originally Posted by
Checkboard
Australia has lower terrain and more benign weather. It's harder to justify a rating for a private pilot.
So I worked up a quote - one pilot in a Warrior IFR to Mangalore and back (for the pick up and return to Moorabbin), and one pilot for his Mooney. He literally gasped at the price, so I asked him what he thought would be reasonable.
Or fly IFR direct to Bankstown with a single pilot and back home with Qantas.