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CHOOSE THE BEST FLIGHT SCHOOL IN 7 SIMPLE STEPS

Here we are, your dream is to become a pilot, flying in the sky attracts you more than anything else, so? Well, becoming a pilot is a common dream of thousands people, but choosing the best flight school is not an easy task. Follow this suggestions and you will be able to take the proper decision in the best way. Keep reading. STEP 1 - UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELING IN FLIGHT STEP 2 - DETERMINE YOUR GOAL STEP 3 - DETERMINE YOUR PLANNING STEP 4 - DETERMINE YOUR BUDGET AND YOUR SPENDING CURVE STEP 5 - LOCAL STUDENT OR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT? STEP 6 - REQUEST QUOTATIONS AND COMPARE THEM STEP 7 - SIMPLIFY YOUR RESEACH PROCESS WITH PILOTKINGDOM.COM Well now you know which are the suggested steps you need to follow in order to choose the best flight school. Keep reading the details related to each single step. STEP 1 - UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELING IN FLIGHT A lot of people is very attracted by planes, but, before starting your pilot training process be sure you are ok when your feet are not on the ground. How to do it: book a trial lesson and taste the feeling of flying: are you ok with that? If yes, move on. STEP 2 - DETERMINE YOUR GOAL Are you willing to fly for passion only? Are you willing to fly for job? This is really a crucial point. Now, if you are willing to fly for job, which kind of employment opportunity are you looking for? Airline? Private Jet? Flight Instructor? Understand this as well and focus on the proper pilot training license accordingly:

Become an Airline Pilot: what you need is an Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) course

Become a Commercial Pilot: what you need is a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) course

STEP 3 - DETERMINE YOUR PLANNING Understanding when are you willing to start your pilot training process is an important task, but more than that it is important to understand when you intend to close the loop: are you going to be a full time pilot or you have already another job, or another activity (e.g. university, college, etc) and you are going to be a part time student?

Full time student looking for the quickest solution:

Part time student

Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) Integrated

Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) with Instrument Rating (IR) integrated

Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) Modular

Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL)

STEP 4 - DETERMINE YOUR BUDGET AND YOUR SPENDING CURVE Becoming a professional pilot is absolutely a cost intensive training experience, so? Well, define the maximum amount of money you are willing to invest in this experience, and define if you are going to committ since the beginning for the entire amount or if you are going to complete the full spending over a pre defined period of time and just when you have the money available. Example: If you want to become an airline pilot you can follow two different ways:

Attend your full time, one shot, Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence course (ATPL): in this case you will committ against the full budget since the beginning.

Get your ATPL licence step by step: ATPL modular licence is another option, basically you will start with a cheap Private Pilot Licence course (PPL), and you will committ your budget against PPL licence cost. Then, add a Commercial Pilot Licence course (CPL) and committ against another piece of the total budget. Than add an Instrument Rating course (IR) and so on.

As you can see the final goal is the same, the training path is different, the investment you make as well, maybe not in terms of overall budget (quite comparable) but absolutely in terms of your spending committment.

For your information, the price range for professional pilot training courses can vary within the following overall range:

Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) Integrated or Modular 45.000€-70.000€

Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) with Instrument Rating (IR) integrated: 25.000 – 35.000€

Private Pilot Licence (PPL): 10.000€-15.000€.

STEP 5 - LOCAL STUDENT OR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT?

Once you have defined your budget, be aware that EASA flight schools and FAA fight schools prices may vary significantly based on the geography you choose.

What I mean? The same ATPL integrated course can be achieved in several countries. There are countries which are more Price competitive, due to several reasons. Therefore understand if you are willing to get your pilot training close to your home, in your contry, or if you are willing to get it in the best place, where the trade off price/quality is the maximum you can get.

As you can imagine the prices for the same licence can vary and for the same pilot training licence you can save up to 25.000€ if you properly scout the market.

STEP 6 – REQUEST QUOTATIONS AND COMPARE THEM

Once all the previous steps are completed you can start requesting quotations to EASA flight schools or FAA flight schools.

A professional pilot training quotation is a complex document, there are several factors that can drives different costs and there are several parameters you have to evaluate in order to make the received offers comparable. What I mean?

Well, let me tell you which are the main parameters you have to look at:

Course type

Flight hours included within the offer

Flight simulator usage: is the EASA flight school or FAA flight school adopting a flight simulator in order to deliver the pilot training program? If yes, that’s a good thing, in fact you will be able to train better against emergency procedure, and you will have the chance to book cheapest hours in case you will want to do additional training. Furthermore, it can be an opportunity to familiarize with specific enhanced avionic instruments.

Substistence expenses: If you are going to attend a pilot training program abroad, check if the school can offer you also the housing for the pilot training course period. If not check hotels costs and understand what’s missing within the quotation.

Financing solution: if you don’t have the full budget available, and you need to finance it, check availability of financing programs from the school. Several EASA flight schools and FAA flight schools can offer you better financing conditions than a bank: consider as well interests cost to define the best offer.

Payment policy: Another sensitive point is the payment policy. Is the flight school asking you the full payment since the beginning? Is the flight school asking you to pay a significant portion of the price since the beginning? Are available better payment milestones in other proposals you have received?

Flight instructor cost: check flight instructors availability and the Flight instructor’s rate, don’t forget, you will need to fly more hours than the minimum required by the regulation, therefore determine how much this will cost to you.

Zero hours included? Well, in order to have a full cost for the pilot training program you have to understand how many hours you will have to do in order to complete it and which is the overall cost for that

Minumum required hours included? That’s a good thing, just ask what’s the extra hours cost and how many additional hours (as an average) will be required on top of the minimum required by the regulation

All the needed hours: well, this offer is an “all included” no additional actions are required.

STEP 7 - SIMPLIFY YOUR RESEACH PROCESS WITH PILOTKINGDOM.COM

As you can see, choosing the best EASA flight school or FAA flight school is not an easy task, but now after reading this article you have more element to make the right choice.

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