Learn to Fly Mini Series Day 3

Hello all future aviators:

Hopefully you have had a chance to read thru my subscription gift to you “The truth about the Cost of Flying” If you haven’t the link is below:


The Truth about the Cost of Flying



Today I am going to go over the first of three parts on breaking down the cost of your flight training.


Ok so you need to start thinking about what it is going to cost you. From the last lesion I told you some of the ways that flight schools will structure their pricing.
You may start looking around and find that you come across this a few times.


20 Hours Dual Flight Instruction $2,920.00
20 Hours of Solo Flight $1,920.00

Total $4,840.00


In a lot of cases this will be it. Some schools do try and make this a little more realistic. But in general they all will stay very competitive. Since flying is very expensive they like to keep their cost estimates as low as possible to get the students.


You have to remember this is just pure business. So you may want to call it a scam or you may not want to call it that. I call it just telling the customer what they want to hear.


Now the FAA only requires 20 hours of dual instruction and 10 hours of solo but there is still a minimum of 40 so you have to get them somewhere. I just put them under the solo hours.


Most of the schools will be honest about it if you start asking the right questions. You have to remember that there is a lot of competition in this industry and there aren't enough students to keep every flight schools planes flying 100 hours per month. Bottom line is they need to keep the planes flying or they go out of business.



You will want to remember that the national average for private pilots is 65 hours. Most private pilot syllabuses are between 45 and 55 hours. There are to many things that need to get covered. If you want to be a safe pilot you should plan on over 30 hours of dual instruction.


With that said, you have just added another $2000 on to the above cost estimate. Remember this will also depend on the aircraft rental rates and the flight instructor rates. So you are already somewhere around $6,800 and you haven't included any books, materials, medical expenses, flight test fees and any other costs you may have.


I have made up a cost estimate workbook for students who are just starting out.. With this workbook you can go to your local flight schools and get their prices, then just plug those prices into the workbook. After you do this you will probably be surprised at how much more the workbook states as your estimate cost of your training is.


This is one thing that causes students to stop flying. NOT PLANNING CORRECTLY.
If you would like more information on this workbook, please visit me at:



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