This is expensive.

[I_moved]

How much money should the average be for me, a 16 year old with no hours at all, to become a pilot for ASA with their new minimums?

I was checking at the local flight schools and 1 hour in a Piper Seneca II is $180, and at the minimum I would need 200 hours which would equal $36000, WOW.

Also on top of that I would need 400 hours of single engine. And the cheapest I could find is Cessna 150 (Does it matter which single engine aircraft I pick, or do I have to pick a certain one?) and at $62 per hour that would be another $24,800. So all together it would cost me $60,800, not including my test and such.

Of course I will be a CFI after school which will allow me to get my single engine up but what about my multi engine hours which will cost me $36,000? Do most people become a CFI for that also?

Thanks

[kellwolf]

$180 for a Seneca isn't that bad. I've seen them going for as much as $220/hr in some places. The current popular way to get ME time is time building at places like Ari-Ben or Skymates, but half of that time is safety pilot time. There's been rumors tossed around that airlines might start tossing out the safety pilot time. Another way to get multi time is to get your MEI and try to drum up some ME students. Still another way is to get on with a cargo carrier that flies twins. Granted, you won't get on with ASA at 600 hours, but then again ASA is looking for people with 121 expereince or an advanced training program (ATP, Flight Safety, etc). I'm a little skeptical of them hiring a ton of 600/100 hour pilots right now. In addition, it's a Bad Idea to focus only on one airline. The odds of them still hiring people at 600/100 by the time you (or even I) hit those mins are slim.

[Sprint100]

Ya da*n skippy it's expensive. If you look at it like that, it looks like HO*Y S*&T, but it is something you just gotta do and take one day at a time.

You start and it'll be past you. Most things in life don't happen if you think about it too much. I thought a 3 year waiting list was too long to wait to be a firefighter. My buddy didn't think so and put in his app. About 3 years later, he is happy because he is leaving to start the academy and I am wishing I could be doing it with him while hating my job LOL!!!

[montanapilot]

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yup.

[SmitteyB]

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This is expensive.

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[Doug Taylor]

I'd certainly recommend 'rewinding' and probably starting in the perspectives section. I'm not sure where it happened, but I think we let you steer WAAAAAAY off course by accident.

[scoobs]

Military.

[flyover]

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Military.

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Did you keep the number of that truck driving school? I think you're going to need it.

[Kingairer]

You should only have to pay for about 200hours of flight training for single stuff. Then you CFI for the rest. Then hopefully you can pay for about 25 hours of multi and MEI in that.