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Old 13th Apr 2009, 23:50
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gfunc
 
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Just for comparison, I had a 7 year hiatus from flying but my combined retraining, BFR, conversion to new type (C172) and club checkout was accomplished in 2 flights of 2 hours 40 minutes total. I'm certainly no superpilot!

I think with the instructor ground time (an hour or so) the total cost was below $300. That $1900 is a rip off! Assuming you are current it really shouldn't be more than a check ride and a little chat to see if you can read the map and know how to make use of the ATC services.

Note that you don't need to do the BFR at the place you rent from, any qualified CFI can do it (I think!), just turn up somewhere else, spend 2 hours and $200 to get the signature in the logbook and other than an organisation specific insurance checkout, you'll good to go.

Hope this helps,

Gareth.
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