Hi all,
I agree its hard to say which fto is the most expensive taking into account extra lessons, tests etc..... But just to give a different point of view im currently training in South Africa. 43 Airschool in Port Alfred. There are two options:
1) Apply directly to the airschool and do the S. African CPL. I think the price of the course is approx 35,000-40,000 euro. ( Again subject to any extra training you might need). Then do any conversions back home.
2) There is an Integrated course run by Sigmar Aviation which use this fto for its training. Course costs 95,000 euro. Includes everything up to and including MCC. Also includes accomodation and food. (
www.jetpp.com)
Apart from weather etc.... The cost of living down here is a lot less than any other fto I looked into.
The quality of instruction is very good and the airschool is regarded as "arguably" the best in the southern hemisphere. It is used by South African Airways to train its cadets and has just signed up with Emirates to train their cadets.
Maybe a bit bias from my point of view but as I said its a different point of view.
AP