| The most obvious benefit of an aviation career and | | | | yourself is because it helps you chose the right |
| serving as an airline pilot is the flying. Any pilot can | | | | program, and also helps you understand the budgets |
| attest to the joy of commanding an aircraft and | | | | and time / effort commitment required. I'll give you |
| assuming the responsibility for, and the challenge of, | | | | some ballpark numbers here to think about: |
| operating a multi-million dollar aircraft with the trust of | | | | If you want to learn how to fly for pleasure, you are |
| its passengers. The love of flying keeps the | | | | looking at about a total of 60-70 hours of flight training |
| weathered days sunny. If this seems like a match for | | | | time, and about 40-50 hours of ground studies, and to |
| your career goals, your aspirations, and your sense of | | | | get the best bang for the buck, you should expect |
| adventure, then begin your journey and start flight | | | | about 10-12 hours of training time per week. If it is for |
| training. | | | | pleasure, then you really can simply take the training at |
| Learning to fly an airplane is fun, easy, and a mission | | | | your own convenience, or go to one of those vacation |
| possible in most people's case. Av8er from | | | | / accelerated training places with or without your |
| iflyasarecommends the following 5 questions that help | | | | family. Cost of the training will depend on many |
| you decide whether pilot's career is the for you: | | | | variables, like when, where and which aircraft. But for |
| 1. Motivation – What do I need to learn how to fly | | | | most people, you are looking at about $6000 to |
| for; pleasure, business or as a career? | | | | $10,000 price range. Of course, there are ways to |
| 2. Location -Where should I go get my flight training | | | | make it cheaper as well as luxurious and high end as |
| done? | | | | well. |
| 3. Source – What type of flight training provider | | | | For business reasons, the basic training as above is still |
| would be best for me? | | | | required, but what changes is the motivating factor, |
| 4. Scheduling – Full time, part time, formal or informal, | | | | and possibly some tax advantages, both for training |
| what type of scheduling would work the best for me? | | | | and then actually renting / owning an aircraft and the |
| 5. Financial – How am I going to pay for my training? | | | | related cost factors (operating expenses). |
| Would I need financial aid, student loan, personal loan, | | | | Where to Get Your Flight Training? |
| or some other type of financial assistance? | | | | There are plenty of venues and facilities to get your |
| The reason you should ask these questions to | | | | flight training. |