Originally Posted by
Jonnyx10
Hello all,
Does anyone recommend any over seas flight schools (currently based in UK) where myself can do an intensive PPL course - at a potential lower cost than the UK? I am also asking on behalf of a friend - as the rate here seems to be in and around the 8-12k mark .
Flying is likely cheaper per hour in the US. However, if you add the cost of airfare, lodging, and meals to create the average hourly cost, that might not be the case. If you are going to fly a few hundred hours, maybe so.
If you are worried about cost, start with gliders or micro lights. Even if all of the hours don't later count towards requirements for the PPL, the information in your brain will save you time/money.
Imagine for a minute you take a trip to Spain and learn to fly. The weather there is not the same as in the UK. When you get back, you will have to 1) get checked out to fly locally and 2) learn to fly in UK weather.
If you simply learn to fly in the UK, then you build a long-term relationship with the place you are flying. You will be learning to fly in the same weather/environment you will later want to take you family/friends flying in. This enhances your safety and, you are spending your hard earned money in your own country.
Later, you can fly elsewhere for fun on holiday.