MW
You need to look at the costs and will it be worth it.
FYI I list below what it cost me in 2000 - 2002, I was a 1000hr PPL
IMC /Night /Aero’s ex Pitt’s owner.
I took early retirement at 54 and as I had the budget decided to give it a go.
CPL ground school and 14 UK National CPL exams plus hotels / petro etc. £6000
CPL Flying School plus exams fees etc. £8000
FI Flight School plus exam fees etc. Around £8000
Aero’s and night Instructor ratings cant remember but around £2000.
IMC Instructor £2000 -£3000 (taken after a couple of years teaching)
Single Engine IR £15000 plus on 50 hrs flying and Sim but delayed flight test as I was not up to standard and it was pointless doing a test costing £1700 plus inc A/C Hire knowing I was going to fail, planned to do it later but never got around to it. So that’s around £42000. Add to that Class 1 Medicals and then renewal fees etc.
Now I know the requirements today are a lot less than my day, but your CPL theories and FI Course are still going to set you back
the best part of £12000 /£13000 etc
I was paid £10 /£12 an hour and in 6 years flew 1800 Instruction hours. I jacked it in in 2008. One Club owner said to me ‘‘well you are doing it for love aren’t you’’!!!!!
Yes I enjoyed it very much, was it worth it..........
I wonder what the equivalent costs will be today!
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Last edited by orionsbelt; 11th Jan 2016 at 15:09.