What do you pay for training?

[Heliseka]

What do you pay for training? and in which country?
I am learning on a 300cbi for between €330-370hr (or in U.S$390-448HR)depending if pating up front,in Dublin,Ireland crazy or what!!!!!!!!!:{

[i4iq]

In the US, you'd be expecting to pay around $220 per hour.

[mongoose237]

Thats about the figure you would expect to pay at the few UK schools operating H269s (with another 17.5% VAT on top)

[mikelimapapa]

In the US, I pay $194 per hour for a VFR cbi, $219 for an IFR one and $36 for the instructor. I guess thats why there is so many europeans training over here.

[rudestuff]

$194? HAI havent put their prices up yet then?

[mikelimapapa]

Heliseka,

If you want to save yourself some money and don't mind crossing the pond here's what you do: first, get a 6 month M1 student visa and get your private license, instrument rating and commercial requirements done. (since its a student visa you can't actually get your commercial license on it). Then you go home for a month and studying while you apply for a 2 year J1 visa. Come back, get your commercial and CFI, then you have plenty of time to work here and build your 1000 hrs before you have to leave. Most people get the J1 straight off, then work themselves to death trying to build enough hours to be employable when they return home, this way you get an extra 6 months.

[Heli_Sticktime]

In Cape Town, South Africa you can expect to pay the following:

R22 Solo $327.00
R22 Dual $377.00

R44 Solo $524.00
R44 Dual $573.00

B206 Solo $778.00
B206 Dual $811.00

Cheaper rates are probably available if you buy "blocks" of hours, I have heard of R22's for $213 solo

[RotorSwede]

In Sweden, where I study, I pay the following for a R22 BetaII (2003)

PPL study: (with or without instructor that is): 480 USD per hour
Rent: (between your PPL and CPL): 340 USD per hour

I am prepared to pay more if I know the helo is well taken care of and that the pilots flying it don't hide it if they've boosted the engine or been above yellow in RRPM.

Apart from that I feel it's very important to study at a school where you can make the valuable connections that later lead to your first job.

best regards

RotorSwede

[svtcobra66]

OMG... and I thought it was so expensive in the US... I'm in Florida and it costs 195/hr for a 300C if you do 10hr blocks, otherwise its 215/hr for solo. An Enstrom 280FX is 280/hr... and up until recently there WAS a hughes 500 for 450/hr, but thats been sold.
Chris

[RotorSwede]

With the new JAA rules a CPL license (with ATPL theory) will cost you about 80 000 USD here in Sweden.

The increased cost together with the more advanced theorystudies has significantly decreased the amount of new pilots entering the market every year. The leading companies say that the shortage of pilots in this country has already started to give rise to problems.

For example, a major EMS/SAR company here has taken in quite a few pilots with only IR theory lately. So, that's the upside of the costly training.

[scoutcopter]

Here it is €306 per hour in a R22...