hi there
I am near on the completion of my PPL, and its cost me about £6000 (about $8000 US), so its not cheap at all…
I will have completed with any luck at the minimum hours required, but I currently fly a warrior, so not the cheapest route.
As for keeping it current, well you have to fly a minimum amount of hours a year, so you will have to keep that up. But not only that you will want to be flying all the time you can get!!!
As for for commerical.. well I am trying to get sponsourship now.. I have looked at a few courses in the UK that look ok, however I have family commitments, and moving to new zeland to complete the McAlpine course maybe a little too hard for me, as its hard to leave a love one for so long!
Apart from that good luck, you have chosen the most rewarding thing you will ever do.
Dont believe you will get paid a mint if you are a pilot though… most FO’s get about the same as a check-out person at Tesco’s supermarket (£15-20k), but a captain can expect about 60k + (taken from Easyjets web site).
Plus you will be repaying all the hard earnt money that pays for your training!!!
I personally will have a degree this time next year, and dont know what to do, as it is in Business Entrepreneurship. So I may work for a while before continuing on my flying career, but I know its what I want to do.. what could be better!!
Hope that helps you out!
good luck with what ever you do.. and remember.. enjoy it!
loz
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