Expensive training in a big NAME or cheap at home to save money ?
Hello everybody . Do the big names really worth their money?
We have a flight school in Greece 5 kilometers from home (global aviation s.a.) doing intergrated course with Bristol GS with a cost of 45000 Euro plus 1000 for examinations fees plus 2000 the various things (uniform,case,maps,headsets,medical) thats a total of aproximately 48000 Euro. This doesnt include MCC course. So in total 55000 for a frozen Atpl with MCC and no accommodation needed. Plus living expenses 300-400 Euro per month (food at home!!!)
And then there is Intercockpit (Subsidiary of Luftahnsa Flight Training) with 65000 including MCC plus examination registry 1000 i.e. 66000 with everything included, plus 10.000 for accommodation in Germany. That means a total of 76000. Plus 800 Euro per month living expenses.
Some say that in a flight training school like Intercockpit (which is Lufthansa flight training) you will learn in a professional environment and train with the best full time hired instructor with airline experience and your training will be airline recognized and the most important you will learn the real flying job and not only the licence.My father is convinced with that.
Some others say go to a chaeper flight school (that means not experienced flight instructors with 200-500 hours in total) and keep as much money as possible for further licences and ratings (e.g. type rating,Jet Orientation Course,Flight Instructor etc) which means more hours and more flight experience with the same money.
I am a little bit confused because finally licence is the same. Any suggestion if big names really worth the money. Both course options are intergrated, so please everybody dont argue about modular or intergrated in this thread. Also both course seem to have no extra hidden costs except you fail in exams so dont bother arguing about possible hidden costs.
Also I dont listen to the job opportunities the promise because in the end if you dont deserve a job you will not get it even you finished NASA.
I would like some opinios if the big names worth the money from training perspective and if their training is as good as you pay or its just a nice marketing behind everything and the final product is the same.
Thanks in advance.
Rayden (the son of Dr. Ray)