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Here are some handy hints to help you ensure that you are getting comparative quotations from different Flying Schools world-wide.

Contact your local Civil Aviation Authority in your home country and ask the following questions:

What overseas Pilot’s Licences do they recognize ie. USA-FAA Licence, Australian-CASA Licence or European-JAA Licence?

How many total flying hours are required for them to issue you with a Commercial Pilot’s Licence and Command Instrument Rating?

What is the break down of flight hours they require:

• The total flying hours required?
• How many flying hours on single engine aircraft?
• How many flying hours on multi-engine aircraft?
• How many simulator flying hours?
• How many Dual flying hours with a flight Instructor?
• How many Command Solo flying hours on your own?
• How many flying hours under aircraft instrument training?
• What aircraft types do they recognize? ie Cessna 172 etc

Once you have this information download & complete our checklist which covers the items we cover in our quote. Fill in the number of flight hours required by your local Civil Aviation Authority and ask each school to fill in the blanks as part of their total quotation.

Remember to fax a copy to us so we can also quote you on +61+8+94555 788.

Once you have the quotes go to http://www.oanda.com and apply the currency converter for each quote you receive to bring it back to a common currency. Ie all to US Dollars so you can compare prices.

If one or two schools are a lot cheaper than the others we recommend that you ask a lot of questions as to why they are so much cheaper before committing to that school.

Remember – You usually get what you pay for and Cheap is Not always Good!!!!

With Airline demand so high at the moment for pilots you also need to consider the time it will take to train you. The time to train you is probably more important at the moment than cost because the sooner you gain employment the sooner you will become an airline captain which equates to a significant increase in wages from being a first officer.

If you choose any of our 15, 20 or 26 week courses you may get into the airlines 6 or 12 months earlier than competing students who choose longer or cheaper courses. If you gain employment with an airline 6 months before competing students because you finish your flight training earlier this will equate to additional income and could mean the difference in becoming a Captain 3 to 5 years before other First Officers do.

You must take all these factors into consideration before choosing your flight school!