It certainly has! About time too, always been ludicrously overpriced IMHO. Here is the breakdown:
800 hours theoretical training
102.5 hours single-engine visual (VFR) flight training
20 hours single-engine Instrument (IFR) flight training
24.5 hours multi-engine instrument (IFR) flight training
40 hours multi-engine piston simulated flight training
15 hours MCC Course on Boeing 737-400 simulator
That comes in at £49,800 and then you have to add on your CAA fees, so:
£52,800
now add £9000 oxford full-board residential accomodation (if you decided to live on site that is) (this figure includes accomodation in Phoenix for the VFR phase too)
= £61,500
now add £40/week beer money and SOME enjoyment! (£2400)
Giving us a grand total of £63,900
The APP costs you another £6000 should you choose to do it, so you can still expect £70,000 for that - which is still too much IMHO.
For comparison, I have put Cabair's integrated breakdown here too, as it is these two programmes which are the most similar:
800 hours of Theoretical Knowledge Training
125 hours of Single Engine Flight Training
20 hours of Multi Engine Training
40 hours of Instrument Simulator Training
15 hours of Multi-Crew Cooperation Training
Landing and Navigation Charges
All Course Books and Equipment
College Uniform
External Visits and Functions
Airline Orientation Course
The total fee for this £50,525
Add on CAA fees of £1650 (the reason this is cheaper is that Cabair's total flying hours include the hours that you will use up in your tests, whereas at Oxford they put on aircraft hire for those tests as a seperate entity)
Accomodation on site = £6384 (NB. this is half board, i.e. one main meal a day - Cabair do not have a full board accomodation option)
That totals £58560
Now add the £40/week enjoyment cash
and we get a grand total of £2240 (NB. this is a 56 week programme to Oxford's 61)
GRAND TOTAL £60,800
If you add on breakfast and lunch self catering, you could probably expect another £2000 for the time you're there
so in conclusion, there is probably not much in it between the two of them
Oxford you leave with 202 hours TT
Cabair you leave with 200 hours TT
WHO DO YOU CHOOSE? I've visited both and am now divided!!
