civil aviation
16th Jan 2009, 17:44
Been researching Florida for son of a friend.
In the interests of fairness/to look for yourself sites are;
flyoba.com , flyoft.com, flyeft.com
OBA seem much cheaper at $5995 with the others $8525 & $8690. (by the way, OFT are still advertising £4595 but their actual price is $8525 & edit current EFT advert on this site is now $8995)
Also, OBA include 28 (not25) hours instruction and night qualification.
The main difference/warning: OBA do not include accommodation but, if you wanted 28 days, offer it for $819 (28 X $29) so OBA is still much cheaper.
All 3 offer various upgrades e.g. aircraft type.
Needless to say, the competition is hot but EFT's knocking of opponents is very unpleasant if not dishonest. OBA's answer is that, if you identify anything comparable cheaper, they'll give you cashback.
The only clue is that OBA own their training fleet and premises and are a major fuel supplier advertising 100LL $2.449 (US Gal) which obviously costs them a lot less. Therefore, OBA must have lower costs than the competition.
I haven't posted this for a rehearsal of the rubbishing 'foreign' training tosh from failing flying club supporters. OK- Going abroad doesn't suit everyone but thousands have found Florida the better and cheaper alternative and will continue to do so. However any thoughts on the prices points are welcome.
In the interests of fairness/to look for yourself sites are;
flyoba.com , flyoft.com, flyeft.com
OBA seem much cheaper at $5995 with the others $8525 & $8690. (by the way, OFT are still advertising £4595 but their actual price is $8525 & edit current EFT advert on this site is now $8995)
Also, OBA include 28 (not25) hours instruction and night qualification.
The main difference/warning: OBA do not include accommodation but, if you wanted 28 days, offer it for $819 (28 X $29) so OBA is still much cheaper.
All 3 offer various upgrades e.g. aircraft type.
Needless to say, the competition is hot but EFT's knocking of opponents is very unpleasant if not dishonest. OBA's answer is that, if you identify anything comparable cheaper, they'll give you cashback.
The only clue is that OBA own their training fleet and premises and are a major fuel supplier advertising 100LL $2.449 (US Gal) which obviously costs them a lot less. Therefore, OBA must have lower costs than the competition.
I haven't posted this for a rehearsal of the rubbishing 'foreign' training tosh from failing flying club supporters. OK- Going abroad doesn't suit everyone but thousands have found Florida the better and cheaper alternative and will continue to do so. However any thoughts on the prices points are welcome.