The cost of a piece of paper

[strewth]

Just out of interest,

What sort of $$$$$$ are different people paying worldwide for their licences.

In Australia you would look at

AUD 12000 for a PPL (about 6800 Euro)

AUD 35000 for a CPL (20000 Euro) (inc PPL)

AUD 8500 for a MECIR (4800 Euro)

AUD 9000 for a FIC (5200 Euro)

and about AUD 2500 (1500 Euro) for the ATPL subjects (at this stage we can self study ATPL's and have no in flight test component)

[strewth]

C'mon guys, I'm geunuinely interested!!!!!

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[foghorn]

I'll quote for a 'frozen ATPL' ie. CPL/IR with all ATPL subjects passed, all done in the UK, from scratch on minumum hours (ie. rare).

Prices range from £35,000 - AUD 92,000 - EUR 54,000 (modular do-it-yourself route) to £60,000 - AUD 157,000 - EUR 92,000(full-time, integrated route)

It can be done cheaper than this on the modular route, but that requires time outside Europe - SA/Oz/NZ/US being the favourites.

[MAJIC9]

It's a LOT cheaper in the US.. but you already knew that, right?

[foghorn]

Yep, it's a lot cheaper in most parts of the world than Northern Europe.

[madman1145]

As a wannabee (doing alot of soaring/gliding at the moment), I have begun a survey about 4 months ago to find the cheapest and best schools, that has JAR-FCL cources AND is certified på JAA. Also the possibility og taking FAA certificates and convert them to JAA is being considered.
I have no limits of what country it could or should be, therefore this huge survey that is getting more complex day after day.
I will hopefully be finish with my surveys in a few weeks. Man, if there was only 5 schools it would be easy to choose. But no no, there are hundreds, thousands of them and one is claiming to be better and cheaper than the other :rolleyes: ..

At this time I have also seen som interesting prices in Turkey and Spain (and of course the US). And yes, nothern Europe is very expensive. A JAA approved school in Denmark cost something around 75.000 - 85.000 Euro for a two year integrated ATPL course incl. MCC course and some 210-230 hours :eek: ...
Yet I have not been confirmed with the quality of all the schools I am looking at. But when I am done with the surveys, I shall show the results to those who want to see it. Might be a help for some people/wannabe's :) ...

And if anybody has good or bad experience with some schools, please let me know. It will be a great help :p ...

[Dries]

In Belgium, a PPL costs between €6200 & €7200.
The ATPL theoretical ground course is between €5500 & €6000
For the practical training (MCC included) you would look at €49000 to €55000.

In my opinion, these are pretty moderate prices.