Originally Posted by
redsnail
As with everything, it depends.
Find out what your target airline prefers re cadets/modular/MPL/integrated. You do have a choice of many airlines being an EU citizen and you can probably speak a few languages very well. (I know my Belgian colleagues can).
You are right to be cautious re betting your father's house. A lot can go wrong and you're right to be mindful of it.
There's less risk if you go integrated on a tagged course. That is, you've done the selection for an airline and now you need to fund the ATPL. Personally, that would be the only time I'd bet the house - when you're on a tagged scheme. "White tail" or speculative integrated ATPL/MPLs carry more risk.
If you can find a good reputable school that does modular training, great. Ask them about their employment success rate post course, that'll give you a clue about the likelihood of a job post training. Timing also plays an enormous part in getting hired.
Ive discovered that this school is actually a sister company of a well-established corporate jet company. Most students end up flying on their fleet. In the last training session, someone went to KLM, and currently, a student is in an assessment at Lufthansa. This modular training program is designed for anyone who wants to fly as a hobby or pursue a full modular path up to CPL, and then continue their ATPL at one of their partners, eventually returning to fly for the company serving wealthy clients.
In this thread, everyone is talking about max £50K for full modular training.
Can someone please tell me if the following is expensive?
Heres a rough estimate from the examiner:
18,000 PPL
2,000 Night Rating
14,000 90-hour Building
15,000 IR
8,000 MEP Land
6,000 ME IR
2,500 A-UPRT (extern)
7,000 CPL
4,500 MCC (extern)
Total: 77,000
We still need to do ATPL and type rating.
I know that when I train with them, Benelux airlines will see this as high-quality training. But am I being ripped off?
On another note, here in Belgium there are not many flight training schools. The rest are small, mom-and-pop hobby PPL schools that dont even offer an IR. If I do modular training somewhere, I NEED to do it at one flight school to ensure a standard and high-quality training culture.