http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/controlling-your-flight-training-costs/ The free online magazine and airport guide for pilots Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/controlling-your-flight-training-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Matthew Stibbe Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:43:20 +0000 http://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/controlling-your-flight-training-costs/#comment-590 One way that people try to control their costs - selecting a flying school that offers low prices and/or 'fixed' prices for a specific licence or rating - can be a false economy. Certainly, in my experience, some US flying schools offer these kinds of deals and in every case you end up paying more. A good school will charge what it needs to keep a well-maintained fleet and a roster of instructors with the experience needed to get you through the course. A cost-driven school may skimp on both meaning that more flights are scrubbed for maintenance problems and your training takes longer because of second-rate instruction. One way that people try to control their costs – selecting a flying school that offers low prices and/or ‘fixed’ prices for a specific licence or rating – can be a false economy. Certainly, in my experience, some US flying schools offer these kinds of deals and in every case you end up paying more. A good school will charge what it needs to keep a well-maintained fleet and a roster of instructors with the experience needed to get you through the course. A cost-driven school may skimp on both meaning that more flights are scrubbed for maintenance problems and your training takes longer because of second-rate instruction.

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