Cost of ATPL
 

Can some one please post how much in Australia it would cost in time and money to get a ATPL.

All depends on where you go.

I did all 7 subjects in 6 1/2 weeks with AFT. Studied Met. before I got there, attended 6 weeks of class and did the 4 more difficult exams, then did Law and HF the following Thurs / Fri.

Can't remember the costs but there is accom. available within walking distance about $110-$130 / wk from memory. They also had a deal with a local bakery to provide 3 meals / day at set cost, alternatively there is Bi-lo close by.

The classes were very thorough and the practice exams were almost spot on.

There are other providers out there but I have not dealt with them.

Try contacting them at

Welcome to Advanced Flight Theory

to get a more detailed run down.

Hope this helps.

Geez, almost sounds like ya advertising for them! :}

However, i used a couple books from AFT likewise, and highly recommend them too! Very good material and was well prepared for exam!

There are two ways to do your ATPL subjects, both end up costing about the same in the long run!

The quickest way is to learn with a theory provider like AFT!;)

Bob tait
 

What about Bob Tait would this school cut it as good as with AFL?

I did the distance learning course at AFT and found them to be great. The fulltime ground school course is $2940.00.

Previous poster above has posted the link to their website, but here's a direct link to the cost page. Click it, and it'll reveal the information you need for your HR department;

ATPL Aeroplane Theory Course - Distance Learning Course

T Wheel, thanks however I was also looking for aircraft costs as well . ie total cost to get a ATPL.

err... lets see, 1500* $500=$750,000. good luck :ugh:

inandout, here are the requirements for the issue of an ATPL.


So, basically, you'll need to get your CPL first where you'll finish up with 150 or 200 hours TT (depending on whether you do an integrated course or not).

After that, then you start building your experience working firstly in GA until you have the minimum 1500 hours TT. Whilst doing that, hopefully, you would have done the minimums stipulated above, eg 200 hours cross-country, 75 hours IF and 100 hours at night.

You also need to pass the ATPL theory subjects I referred to in my previous post.

After all that, you can then apply for the ATPL.

Hope this helps.

If you are starting from scratch, it'll cost you the best part of $100k to get your CPL, instrument rating and ATPL subjects, then all you need to do is get the other 1300 hours towards your ATPL!

Of course you don't need your ATPL to be an F/O, but you do need it before you can get a command.

Cheers, HH.:ok:

How many hrs required for the CPL. Thanks

The minimum is 150 if you do an 'integrated course'.

Inandout, I'm confused and in fact smell a rat.... In some recent posts you make out that you are already flying heavy metal and yet you are asking questions about basic requirements of licences that are/is... 1. freely available on the CASA website and, 2. very similar (except for the flight test, however that has been supposedly coming for the past 5 years) requirements to most other countries for ATPL etc.

If you already have an ATPL from another country that you require to use in Australia then I would suggest it could be simpler getting CASA to just validate your current licence (which may require you to merely sit an Air Law examination at a minimum).

Suggest you check here: Civil Aviation Safety Authority - Home

Yet I notice that you also seem rather critical of CASA in some of your recent posts....:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Dunno, couldn't care less, have a lovely day!

Regards,

OpsN.;)

Perhaps he has a fleet of caravans and is training to be a Qantas pilot :p

1970? I hope you've got your age wrong then...:ugh:

There really has been some characters on here of late. Keep up the good work fellas! Keeps these boards interesting!

I'm interested, how did you get a job with VA with no ATPL and little experience by the sounds of it? Not knocking just interested.

You must have neededa CASA CPL, subjects a preference, Most guys had at least 1000hrTT

inandout, your post came across as someone who had absolutely no idea about how it all works, thus explaining my response which was directed at the "newbie with no idea" level. It's a surprise to me (and others too, it seems like) that you actually have an ATPL, thus the further questions. I still don't understand what you mean by;

what total aircraft cost to get the ATPL?

:) Tw, what I was after is the total cost of getting an ATPL today. So some starts from nil hrs to 1500hrs, what would that cost if you paid for all those hrs and courses yourself, lets say using Pa 28 and Pa44.

A hell of a lot! Generally people don't pay to get a full ATPL. You get a CPL + MECIR + ATPL theory (frozen ATPL essentially) and then get a job to gain the required hours.

Not sure what a CPL+MECIR is these days, maybe $80, 000. Plus the AFT ATPL course. Might be another $3500 including exams. At this point you would have around 200ish hours. So then you would require another 1300 hours to meet the ATPL requirement (1300 multiplied by the current rate of whatever aircraft you wanted to do the hours in).

Sounds ludicrous to me:confused: