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Monday, November 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Private Pilot License , Flight School Terminology
Today I am going to start pointing you in the right direction about your dream of getting your Private Pilot License. The first thing you want to do is plan. Would you just start building a new house without a plan? Probably not. So why do so many people just start taking flying lesson without a budget or plan?
Today I will familiarize you with some terminology that you will need to know and start you going thru this entire process. When you start looking around you will find a few things that are in the cost estimates of all the flight schools. Each school will have a Private Pilot License Course. If you look at the syllabus, you will probably find that the hours in the course are more than the cost estimate since most schools quote their estimates on the FAA minimum Requirements.
Dual Instruction: This is also known as flight instruction received. This is the time you are up in the airplane with your flight instructor. In the case of dual instruction the cost will include both the airplane and instructor.
Solo Time/Aircraft Rental: This is the time you will be renting the aircraft that is charged on a per hour basis like the dual instruction:
Flight Instructor: This is the charge per hour for the flight instructor.
There are some different ways that a flight school will word their cost estimates. One school may have DUAL INSTRUCTION in an estimate and another school may have AIRCRAFT RENTAL and FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. I will give you some sample prices below:
Flight Instructor Rate: $50.00 Per Hour
Aircraft Rental Rate: $96.00 Per Hour
Examples of a brief cost estimate from a flight school may look like this:
A: 40 Hours Aircraft Rental: $3,840.00
B: 20 Hours Certified Flight Instructor: $1,000.00
Total: $4,840.00
Another Flight School May have a cost estimate that looks like this:
A: 20 Hours Dual Flight Instruction $2,920.00
B: 20 Hours of Solo Flight $1,920.00
Total $4,840.00
You will notice that both are the same cost, just the way they are presented is a little different. In many cases the above may be all they tell you.
You will want to start digging into what is really going on. This is why I have listed the Private Pilot License Requirements and then used them for a Private Pilot License Cost Estimate for you in the other lessons.
From the cost estimates above, I told you some of the ways that flight schools will structure their pricing.
In a lot of cases this will be all they tell you.. 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.
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. I have listed all of them in the other my other articles.
If you want to be a safe pilot you should plan on about 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.
This is one thing that causes students to stop flying. NOT PLANNING CORRECTLY.
Tomorrows Installment is The Aviation Medical and Flight Schools
Hope To See You In the Sky
Airfreddy
Airfreddy's Private Pilot Handbook
Airfreddy's Private Pilot e-Course
Airfreddy's Flying Stories
Airfreddy's Flight Training Site
Today I will familiarize you with some terminology that you will need to know and start you going thru this entire process. When you start looking around you will find a few things that are in the cost estimates of all the flight schools. Each school will have a Private Pilot License Course. If you look at the syllabus, you will probably find that the hours in the course are more than the cost estimate since most schools quote their estimates on the FAA minimum Requirements.
Dual Instruction: This is also known as flight instruction received. This is the time you are up in the airplane with your flight instructor. In the case of dual instruction the cost will include both the airplane and instructor.
Solo Time/Aircraft Rental: This is the time you will be renting the aircraft that is charged on a per hour basis like the dual instruction:
Flight Instructor: This is the charge per hour for the flight instructor.
There are some different ways that a flight school will word their cost estimates. One school may have DUAL INSTRUCTION in an estimate and another school may have AIRCRAFT RENTAL and FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. I will give you some sample prices below:
Flight Instructor Rate: $50.00 Per Hour
Aircraft Rental Rate: $96.00 Per Hour
Examples of a brief cost estimate from a flight school may look like this:
A: 40 Hours Aircraft Rental: $3,840.00
B: 20 Hours Certified Flight Instructor: $1,000.00
Total: $4,840.00
Another Flight School May have a cost estimate that looks like this:
A: 20 Hours Dual Flight Instruction $2,920.00
B: 20 Hours of Solo Flight $1,920.00
Total $4,840.00
You will notice that both are the same cost, just the way they are presented is a little different. In many cases the above may be all they tell you.
You will want to start digging into what is really going on. This is why I have listed the Private Pilot License Requirements and then used them for a Private Pilot License Cost Estimate for you in the other lessons.
From the cost estimates above, I told you some of the ways that flight schools will structure their pricing.
In a lot of cases this will be all they tell you.. 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.
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. I have listed all of them in the other my other articles.
If you want to be a safe pilot you should plan on about 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.
This is one thing that causes students to stop flying. NOT PLANNING CORRECTLY.
Tomorrows Installment is The Aviation Medical and Flight Schools
Hope To See You In the Sky
Airfreddy
Airfreddy's Private Pilot Handbook
Airfreddy's Private Pilot e-Course
Airfreddy's Flying Stories
Airfreddy's Flight Training Site
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Private Pilot LIcense Cost, Understanding the Cost of a Private Pilot License
The First thing you want to do is understand what the private pilot license is going to cost you. If you have looked around my website you can see that I have an entire section on the Cost of learning to fly and the Private Pilot License Training Cost.
I will outline and explain it here in the Private pilot License Course.
Most people don't have unlimited budgets so the most important thing to do is plan ahead so you don't get stuck halfway through your training.
With rising fuel costs, the costs per hour for airplanes is getting more expensive. You don't want to make the wrong choices. You want to research and plan all of your options before you start. Once you have your Private Pilot License, it is yours for the rest of your life. You will have to do a flight review every two years and meet some other requirements to carry passengers but once you get it, it is yours.
So many times I have seen students start and stop and start and stop again. Once they are finally licensed, they may have spent up to three times what they should have if they had committed to it in a short period of time.
First thing is, you need to understand that this is going to cost you more that most flight schools will put in their cost estimates. There is a difference between the FAA minimums for the Private Pilot License and the amount you are going to actually fly.
Many students will just go into a flight school and start flying. Half way thru their training, they will run out of money. Why does this happen all the time?... Because people don't plan. It is really that simple.
First of all you want to get a REALISTIC idea of what it is going to cost you. The quotes from most flight schools are probably at least $2,000 if not more short of what you are going to actually spend. So if you are on a tight budget for your Pilot Training I suggest you do some planning ahead.
If you haven't looked yet, I have broken the cost of learning to fly down into four parts. I do this so you can understand what is required at each phase of your training. I make reference to the rates that I charge for the airplanes and the instructor rates. In different parts of the country this can be cheaper or more expensive. I use the C-172 for my cost estimates. There are many other airplanes out there that you can train in.
I have looked at some articles out there that say it will cost $4,000-$6,000. Maybe ten years ago but not now. If you are in a less expensive part of the country I would say that you may be able to get your license for $7,000 or so if you have a good instructor and stay on track.
Here in the phoenix area, I tell people to plan on $8,000- $9,000. That is on a steady schedule with an instructor who is dedicated and will commit to finish your training all the way through.
As I have said before there are many factors that can change the cost of your training. You have to look at all of your options before you start flying.
So lets take a look at the cost estimates. I have them broken the Private Pilot License Cost into four sections. This way you can understand how the Pilot Training Process works.
Private Pilot License - Books and Materials Cost
Private Pilot License - Pre Solo Training Costs
Private Pilot License - Post Solo Training Costs
Private Pilot License - Flight Test Preparation Costs
I have this broken down this way so you can see what it required of you and the cost associated with it. I will just give you the outline here and you can look at my individual articles about each one.
Private Pilot License Books and Materials Cost: This is the cost of the things you need to study for the Private Pilot Aeronautical Knowledge required and all of the other things you will need for your flight training. There are many industry standard courses out there based on the FAA publications for the Private Pilot License. They all have the same material they are just presented differently.
Private Pilot License - Pre Solo Training Costs: These are the costs that it will take you to get through the Pre Solo Phase of your training. This is the cost of all training required before your instructor can get out of the plane and let you go on your own.
Private Pilot License - Post Solo Training Costs: These are the cost that it will take you to get through the post solo phase of your flight training. This includes your cross countries, night flights and simulated instrument flight.
Private Pilot License - Flight Test Preparation Cost: This is the final phase of your flight training. In this phase your instructor will get you ready for the Private Pilot License Flight Test.
Total Private Pilot License Cost: Here in this section I put everything together so you can get a realistic idea of what it will actually cost for a Private Pilot License.
When you put all of these together, you will see there is a little bit more involved than most flight schools will lead you to believe. When you add all of these up you get a number that is somewhere around $8,500. Remember this will depend on the Aircraft and Instructor Rates but will also depend on many other factors.
Tomorrows Installment is Understanding The Private Pilot License General Requirements
Hope to See You In The Sky
Airfreddy
Airfreddy's Private Pilot License Manual
Airfreddy's Private Pilot License Course
Airfreddy's Private Pilot Training Stories
Airfreddy's Flight Training Website
I will outline and explain it here in the Private pilot License Course.
Most people don't have unlimited budgets so the most important thing to do is plan ahead so you don't get stuck halfway through your training.
With rising fuel costs, the costs per hour for airplanes is getting more expensive. You don't want to make the wrong choices. You want to research and plan all of your options before you start. Once you have your Private Pilot License, it is yours for the rest of your life. You will have to do a flight review every two years and meet some other requirements to carry passengers but once you get it, it is yours.
So many times I have seen students start and stop and start and stop again. Once they are finally licensed, they may have spent up to three times what they should have if they had committed to it in a short period of time.
First thing is, you need to understand that this is going to cost you more that most flight schools will put in their cost estimates. There is a difference between the FAA minimums for the Private Pilot License and the amount you are going to actually fly.
Many students will just go into a flight school and start flying. Half way thru their training, they will run out of money. Why does this happen all the time?... Because people don't plan. It is really that simple.
First of all you want to get a REALISTIC idea of what it is going to cost you. The quotes from most flight schools are probably at least $2,000 if not more short of what you are going to actually spend. So if you are on a tight budget for your Pilot Training I suggest you do some planning ahead.
If you haven't looked yet, I have broken the cost of learning to fly down into four parts. I do this so you can understand what is required at each phase of your training. I make reference to the rates that I charge for the airplanes and the instructor rates. In different parts of the country this can be cheaper or more expensive. I use the C-172 for my cost estimates. There are many other airplanes out there that you can train in.
I have looked at some articles out there that say it will cost $4,000-$6,000. Maybe ten years ago but not now. If you are in a less expensive part of the country I would say that you may be able to get your license for $7,000 or so if you have a good instructor and stay on track.
Here in the phoenix area, I tell people to plan on $8,000- $9,000. That is on a steady schedule with an instructor who is dedicated and will commit to finish your training all the way through.
As I have said before there are many factors that can change the cost of your training. You have to look at all of your options before you start flying.
So lets take a look at the cost estimates. I have them broken the Private Pilot License Cost into four sections. This way you can understand how the Pilot Training Process works.
Private Pilot License - Books and Materials Cost
Private Pilot License - Pre Solo Training Costs
Private Pilot License - Post Solo Training Costs
Private Pilot License - Flight Test Preparation Costs
I have this broken down this way so you can see what it required of you and the cost associated with it. I will just give you the outline here and you can look at my individual articles about each one.
Private Pilot License Books and Materials Cost: This is the cost of the things you need to study for the Private Pilot Aeronautical Knowledge required and all of the other things you will need for your flight training. There are many industry standard courses out there based on the FAA publications for the Private Pilot License. They all have the same material they are just presented differently.
Private Pilot License - Pre Solo Training Costs: These are the costs that it will take you to get through the Pre Solo Phase of your training. This is the cost of all training required before your instructor can get out of the plane and let you go on your own.
Private Pilot License - Post Solo Training Costs: These are the cost that it will take you to get through the post solo phase of your flight training. This includes your cross countries, night flights and simulated instrument flight.
Private Pilot License - Flight Test Preparation Cost: This is the final phase of your flight training. In this phase your instructor will get you ready for the Private Pilot License Flight Test.
Total Private Pilot License Cost: Here in this section I put everything together so you can get a realistic idea of what it will actually cost for a Private Pilot License.
When you put all of these together, you will see there is a little bit more involved than most flight schools will lead you to believe. When you add all of these up you get a number that is somewhere around $8,500. Remember this will depend on the Aircraft and Instructor Rates but will also depend on many other factors.
Tomorrows Installment is Understanding The Private Pilot License General Requirements
Hope to See You In The Sky
Airfreddy
Airfreddy's Private Pilot License Manual
Airfreddy's Private Pilot License Course
Airfreddy's Private Pilot Training Stories
Airfreddy's Flight Training Website
Saturday, October 06, 2007
The Truth about The Cost Of Learning to Fly
Hello all aviators out there.
I have spent some time putting together a special report on the tru cost of learning to fly. I have put this together in an easy to read ebook, You can download the report by clicking the link below:
Username: freeuser
Password: 88888888
If you are interested in a step by step guide to help you through the process of learning to fly you can read about my book " Airfreddy's Guide on Learning to Fly" by clicking the link below
Airfreddy
Learn To Fly, Airfreddy's Private Pilot License Guide
I have spent some time putting together a special report on the tru cost of learning to fly. I have put this together in an easy to read ebook, You can download the report by clicking the link below:
The Truth about the Cost of Flying
The free username and password are listed below if you are asked.Username: freeuser
Password: 88888888
If you are interested in a step by step guide to help you through the process of learning to fly you can read about my book " Airfreddy's Guide on Learning to Fly" by clicking the link below
Airfreddy's Guide on Learning to Fly
All the BestAirfreddy
Learn To Fly, Airfreddy's Private Pilot License Guide
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