It seems to me that most of the people on this thread who are quoting £30,000 as being a fair figure for modular training have not actually been through the training yet themselves so are not really qualified to comment!
I have, and I can tell you that you should allow at least £40,000 for modular training.
Take for example Multiflight's ab-initio modular ATPL at £29,950. In my opinion Multiflight are amongst the best value for money in the UK training marketplace, so you're going to struggle to get better than this.
However don't forget that this figure represents minimum hours training, which often is not enough, and first time passes in everything, which many (me for one) do not achieve.
Whether it's due to poor weather, illness, aircraft unservicability, lack of examiner slots, or simply not being as quick to learn as others, you are likely to require additional training, which comes at an extra cost.
In the worst case, if you need additional twin training for your IR you're clocking up the extra cost at £288 per hour! Partial Pass your IR skills test and you're looking at at least £600 for a retest, more if you need retraining!
The thirty grand figure that Multiflight (and others) advertise does not include CAA test, medical and licence issue fees of £3,000 (yes, £3,000!), nor does it include the cost of accommodation and living in Leeds and the US for the respective modules, nor the cost of getting from the UK to the US.
If you're interested, I spent about £45,000 over 2 1/4 years part time to get my CPL/IR, although I didn't cut every corner possible, I do not consider that I wasted money either. Significantly I got both my CPL and IR with the minimum amount of training.
Go into it with your eyes open, folks, and listen to those who have been through.
Now to answer the original question of this thread, I think that you should allow at least for £40,000 for the full modular course, therefore with a PPL make this £35,000. Of course you don't need all of this upfront, that's one of the pros of modular training over integrated.
Best of luck,
foggy.
(added later: Jockflier - looks liek we were writing about the same thing at the same time!)
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