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The National Aerospaces Training website cost their CIR course at $10 734 (which includes the test but not the theory). This seems to fit in with prices available from other schools found on the web. Saw pricing which included $7 500, $9 585, $9 694 and $10 391. Some included the test and some not.
So if Novicef is correct “Their last quote was $19,000 for an MECIR and ICUS package. Flying done out of Alice Springs and Darwin”, this makes the ICUS component just over the $8 000 mark.
Again if correct, I reckon it is all a bit sad really, seems to me that the idea is to get further subsidies for an operation that is already in place. In all probability the concept could also allow one to undercut a competitor.
I guess they are not the only one doing it, but to me tht doesn’t make it right though.
Some years ago there was a Qld company that threw in about 20 hours of twin ICUS for free. The flying was already funded and the extra ICUS really consolidated the IR training.