California Flight School Flight Training Cost:
	What you should know

You are asking the question "how much does flight training cost?"

When you shop around for a flight school, a better approach and more complete question(s) to ask:

- How long have you been in business?

- What is your safety record in regards to incidents/accidents with students?

- How old are your airplanes?

- How many years has my (potential) instructor been teaching students?

Our answers:

We have been in business for over 12 years. Our safety record is stellar, no incident or accident ever.

Our airplanes are new or near new four seat Cessna aircraft, from 1 to 9 years old. Your instructor has been teaching for more than a decade.

As a pilot, you will be tasked constantly with making decisions about safety, knowing the way to do things right and the desire make the experience enjoyable.

As you are choosing a flight school, this will be your first decision about your safety.

There are activities where "cheap" may be an appropriate desire and "dollars" an appropriate measurement device.

Take some golf lessons and a cheap set of clubs and a rotten golf course with a lousy golf instructor won't ruin your day all that much. Apply this logic to flying lessons and we are almost certain that you are going to have a "less than ideal experience", to express this in the most delicate words we could find.

Now here is your question about cost: How much is "it"?

First off, the FAA only requires a legal minimum of 40 hours of flight training.

This regulation was written many decades ago and the national average for students these days hovers around 60 to 70 hours.

It is best for you to figure hourly cost for the airplane and instructor and then apply a healthy dose of realism.

If you are EXTREMELY talented and enthusiastic, you might be able to finish around 55 hours of flight time.

Ten hours of this is "solo" or by yourself, which is the FAA minimum solo time required to get a certificate.

This leaves a mere 45 "dual" hours with instructor for your learn everything there is to know to stay out of trouble.

All together this works out to be just under $10,000.

What is more realistic? How do we train you to become a proficient and safe pilot?

Budget $12,000 to $14,000 and you are in the right neighborhood.

A good neighborhood! One without "green" flight instructors and shabby 30 year old planes.

A neighborhood where you know you are safe, getting excellent training in great airplanes. Your choice!

"The bitterness of low quality will last a long time after the sweetness of a low price is gone".

Call us for details at the office (818) 769 1503 or call Uwe Kerner directly at (818) 731 7066.