Take a look at CTI professional flight training.
They have two locations, Ft Lauderdale Executive Airport, Florida and Millington, Tennessee.
I highly recommend Millington Tennessee over Florida.
It’s just North of Memphis in case you were wondering.
They have a nine month program with Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi for $50,000.
Housing is $500 a month.
I’ve visited it for my British daughter, and spoke with the chief instructor/examiner Peter.
It looks ‘spot on’ to me.
You would have 200 hours of Diamond DA-20 for private, Cherokee Arrow for Commercial, and Diamond DA-42 for Multi/IR time.
Then you could self study for your EASA ATPL written exams with Bristol Ground School.
Followed by a conversion to CAA/EASA with a DA-42 school like FTA at Brighton, or Diamond, Sweden.
Woops! I just think I gave our plan away for free.
CTI is a Pt 141 school. The main advantage of this is the chief instructor can give check rides and issue licenses to people going thru their course.
A huge problem in America is a lack of DPEs (Designated Pilot Examiners) and the money they now charge.
Which is why, if you have the money, I’d recommend you go with any Pt 141 school.
You don’t have to do all the hour building of a regular Pt 61 school, which is perfect if you doing a conversion to EASA.
Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) is one of the finest schools in the world. The chief instructor is an Irishman, Antony. You can do a EASA Commercial with him as he is an EASA examiner as well, but the Instrument has to be done in European airspace. It’s 'kind of' expensive, but if you’ve 'kind of' got a lot of money, what does it matter. The residence halls are at the University. As a 30 year old, I’m not sure if your not past all that or want to relive college life again.
Another option is Airline Transport Professionals (ATP). They have over 30 locations all over the country. If you have somewhere to stay with friends or relatives for 12 months you can do a PPL, Comm, Inst, Multi, CFI/II/ME for $70,000. A year is too long to spend with people you don't know, and be away from friends and family. Don’t know how this plan will affect a marriage.
All three of these places are at the top end of the scale. It can be done for a lot less if you don’t have that kind of money. But time is also money, and what you get at a place like these is consistency.
You can also get an EASA CPL at Space Coast Aviation in Merritt Island Florida, and in San Diego California.
I'd just stick with a conversion as the I/R has to be done in European airspace anyway.
Personally I’m not a fan of South Florida.
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