TO BE A PILOT AS A HOBBY YOU WILL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING
Private Pilot License
Plan to invest about 5,000 to 7,000
Plan to take about 3 to 18 months depending on the frequency of your lessons
Instrument Rating
Plan to invest about 7,000 to 10,000
A required add-on if you plan to fly in weather less than 3nm visibility and less
than 1000 foot ceilings, it also makes you a much better Pilot even if you don't
fly in these conditions
FOR A CAREER PILOT YOU WILL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING
Private Pilot License
Instrument Rating
Commercial Pilot License
Certified Flight Instructor License Optional but highly recommended if you
plan to eventually make money at it, besides you need this to build hours unless you have an unlimited supply of cash to buy your hours
Multi Engine Rating Most airlines will require this unless you plan to fly single
engine aircraft. Can be added later on after you have built up the minimum
First Officer requirements of at least 500 hours.
Multi Engine Time Building 50 to 100 hours of experience makes you more
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Plan to invest a total of about 25,000 to 45,000 or as high as 60,000 at some
really big and overkill flight schools
How much will I make? That's totally up to your perseverance, patience,
drive, motivation, determination...well, you get the picture. Figure starting out
in the 20k's and in 10 to 15 years hitting six figures! Sky's the limit!!!
EXAMPLE OF BASIC STUFF YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED
Recommended:
Home Based Training DVD set (Sportys- $200)
and/or Test-Prep cd-rom (Gleim, best on the market- $50)
Required:
Medical (Includes Student Pilot License- $80)
Syllabus (Sportys Training Course Outline, included with DVDs above- $10)
Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA- $20)
Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA- $30)
Practical Test Standards (ASA- $5)
Oral Exam Guide (ASA- $13)
FAR/AIM (ASA- $17)
E6B flight computer (ASA- $30)
Plotter (ASA- $10 to $17)
Kneeboard (ASA- basic-$17, tri-fold-$35)
Logbook ($10)
Sectional Charts ($15)
Airport Facilities Directory ($6)
Headset ($100-disposable, $300-nice DavidClark, $1000-for flying noisy twins)
Flight Bag ($70-Sportys original, $150-nice leather)
Airplane/Instructor ($85-$125hr / $35-$40hr)
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