{"title":"Flight Training Packages","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Ladder, With A Number On Every Rung\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine packages, each priced as one figure agreed before the first flight. A private pilot certificate is \u003cstrong\u003e$10,900\u003c\/strong\u003e at forty logged hours, \u003cstrong\u003e$15,900\u003c\/strong\u003e at sixty, and \u003cstrong\u003e$22,500\u003c\/strong\u003e flown in the turbocharged Cirrus. An instrument rating adds \u003cstrong\u003e$11,700\u003c\/strong\u003e. A multi-engine rating adds \u003cstrong\u003e$5,100\u003c\/strong\u003e. The entire sequence, from no experience to a commercial certificate with instructor ratings, is \u003cstrong\u003e$89,000\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRead Them As A Sequence, Not A Menu\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRatings taken in the wrong order cost money. Instrument before multi-engine, because twin hours are expensive and instrument hours are not. Complex time when 14 CFR 61.129 calls for it and not before. Financing starts at \u003cstrong\u003e$2,500\u003c\/strong\u003e down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Part 61 training. We publish the curriculum, the price and the hours, and no pass rate or graduate count, because a business this new has neither worth printing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"commercial-airline-pilot-training-los-angeles","title":"Commercial Airline Pilot Training At Van Nuys Airport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eZero Hours To A Commercial Certificate And An Instructor Rating, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$89,000\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eOne price for the whole sequence, agreed before the first flight. This is the biggest capital commitment on the store, so the page is written to be argued with rather than admired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$89,000\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinancing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrom \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$2,500\u003c\/span\u003e down, with monthly plans\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificates and ratings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrivate pilot · Instrument rating · Commercial single-engine · Commercial multi-engine · Multi-engine rating · Flight instructor, instrument instructor and multi-engine instructor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWarrior · DA20 · Skycatcher · Arrow II · Seminole\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSimulator\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRedbird MCX time built into the sequence\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft rate inside the program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet, single-engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegulation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 CFR 61.129 governs commercial aeronautical experience; 14 CFR 61.31(e) the complex endorsement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Sequence, And Why It Is In This Order\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate first, because everything else takes it as a prerequisite. Instrument second, because a commercial pilot who cannot work inside the air traffic system is a commercial pilot with a small market, and because instrument time is cheaper to buy in a single than later in a twin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the complex time. The Arrow II folds its gear away and hands you a propeller to set, which is the pairing 14 CFR 61.31(e) calls complex, and 14 CFR 61.129 wants some of that time inside the commercial experience. Multi-engine after that, in the Seminole. Instructor ratings last, because teaching is how most people build the experience that comes after this program ends, and because nothing sharpens a maneuver like having to explain it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTempo Is What Decides Whether This Price Holds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fixed price assumes a fixed rate of progress. This program is built for someone flying most days, and Van Nuys supports that: 355 days met a 3,000 ft and 5 sm over the year ending 1 August 2026, from NOAA ASOS records requiring four qualifying daytime hours for a day to count. Weather is not what will slow you down here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour job and your family might be. The tempo this program assumes is not one most people can sustain alongside full-time employment, and a candidate who tries to run it at two flights a week is buying a longer, more expensive version of it. That is worth saying before the deposit, not after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Risks, Named\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA first-class medical can end this plan before it starts. Get it under 14 CFR 61.23 before you commit money, not after — the vision, hearing and cardiac standards in 14 CFR 67.103 are specific and they are not negotiable at hour two hundred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen there is the money. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$89,000\u003c\/span\u003e is a capital decision and it is financed by most people who make it, from \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$2,500\u003c\/span\u003e down. Stalling partway through a program with a large loan and no certificate that earns money is the outcome to design against, and the way to design against it is tempo, a medical secured first, and a plan you have shown to somebody who will tell you it is wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Happens At The End\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou hold a commercial certificate and instructor ratings, and you are qualified to be paid to fly and to teach. What you do not hold is a job. The next stage of a professional career is flying hours, usually as an instructor, and that stage is longer than most people expect when they start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe failure mode is not failing a checkride. It is stopping at two hundred hours with a loan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Price Is Buying\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fleet is bought, not borrowed. Six types, one owner, one maintenance program, and an inspection interval set by 14 CFR 91.409(b) because these airplanes teach for hire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instructing staff numbers eleven. Three credentials are required of every one of them: a flight instructor certificate, an ATP or a commercial certificate behind it, and a medical that has not lapsed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is an FAA-approved Redbird MCX on site, on a motion base and closed in. A session on its own is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e, and no session has ever been lost to weather.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNOAA ASOS records for this field give 355 training days in the year ending 1 August 2026, tested against 3,000 ft and 5 sm with four qualifying daytime hours needed before a day counts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat you enroll at is what is published. We do not run block rates and we do not negotiate, which is what makes a fixed price mean anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 61, stated plainly. The curriculum, the prices and the hours are published; a pass rate and a graduate count are not, because there is no honest one to print yet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfhon\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Name, And What It Does Not Mean\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe word airline is in our name because it describes the reader we built the curriculum for. It does not describe a relationship with any carrier, because we have none — no cadet scheme, no pathway agreement, no hiring arrangement, and no ownership by an airline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo interview and no job is promised or implied by anything here. We publish no checkride pass rate and no graduate count, for the straightforward reason that a school trading for a matter of weeks has nothing honest to put in either number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe curriculum, the prices and the hours are all published. Those are the things we can stand behind on day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457449277,"sku":null,"price":89000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/flight-deck-in-the-descent-at-dusk-2000_0c3c1b83-fdb1-42fe-8fe2-f384bdca086b.webp?v=1788495436"},{"product_id":"comprehensive-private-pilot-program-at-van-nuys-airport","title":"Comprehensive Private Pilot Program At Van Nuys Airport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSixty Hours, One Price, And The Program Most People Should Buy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e covering 60 logged hours, 50 of them dual. It is priced above the regulatory minimum because almost nobody finishes at the regulatory minimum, and we would rather sell you the realistic number at the start than the optimistic one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlight time logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e60\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn a single-engine airplane\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e55\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn the Redbird MCX\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e50\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGround instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e10\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBooks and training materials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft rate inside the program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet, single-engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegulation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe regulatory floor is forty hours under 14 CFR 61.109; this program sits above it\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Argument For Buying More Hours Than The Law Requires\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty hours, the figure carried in 14 CFR 61.109, is a floor rather than an estimate. It describes the least flying that could produce a competent private pilot under ideal conditions, and it was written for a training environment with less airspace complexity than the one above this field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVan Nuys is a Class D airport under the Class B shelf around Los Angeles International, with jet traffic in the pattern and a radio environment that takes a new student real hours to stop finding frightening. Those hours have to come from somewhere. In this program they come from the price you already agreed, rather than from an invoice in month five.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere The Extra Twenty Hours Go\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifty of the sixty are dual, which is the number that matters. More instruction, not just more airplane. The additional \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e hours in the Redbird MCX go to instrument scan, radio work and emergency procedures — the things a simulator handles more efficiently than an airplane — and the extra ground instruction goes to the written exam and to the parts of weather and airspace that a three-hour ground block cannot cover honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe remaining flying goes where every instructor knows it goes: landings, crosswinds, and the two or three maneuvers that each individual student finds hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eComprehensive Against Standard, As A Total Rather Than A Sticker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty logged hours costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e on the Standard program. Sixty costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e here. The difference is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,000\u003c\/span\u003e for twenty hours of flying and twenty hours of instruction, which is a lower rate per hour than buying those hours separately after a Standard program runs out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo the honest comparison is not \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e against \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e. It is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e plus whatever you buy afterward, against a fixed \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e agreed today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Is Not In The Price\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExaminer and written-test fees, a medical certificate, and your own headset. Those belong to you. We name them because a program that pretends they do not exist is a program with a surprise in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost students finish above the minimum. This program is priced for the student who will.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Stands Behind The Number\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwnership rather than access: the six airframes belong to the school and are looked after in our own shop, which is why the schedule does not depend on somebody else's asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven people instruct here. Each carries a CFI, each holds either a commercial certificate or an ATP, and each keeps a medical in date under 14 CFR 61.23.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Redbird MCX here moves and is fully enclosed, which makes it worth using for scan and procedure work. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e gets you a session of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 days a year clear the minima we train to, 3,000 ft and 5 sm, on NOAA ASOS records for this field. What that measurement does not model — wind, and thin layers the sensor misreads — is published alongside it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe price list is the website. Nothing is quoted privately, nothing is discounted for signing on the day, and no figure appears here as a range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is Part 61 training. 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The hours are real hours and they do not expire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$4,200\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAges\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 to 15\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne-to-one dual flight instruction with a dedicated instructor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAlso includes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGround instruction on the fundamentals, a personal logbook and a completion certificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA single-engine trainer from the fleet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho is pilot in command\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe instructor, on every flight, always\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat A Young Student Actually Does In The Airplane\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlies it. Hands on the controls, climbing, turning, holding a heading, talking through what the airplane is doing and why. Takeoffs and landings belong to the instructor, who also holds legal command of the aircraft for the whole flight. That is a regulatory fact rather than a formality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGround instruction is pitched at the age rather than watered down. The physics of why a wing works does not get simpler for a twelve-year-old, but the order you teach it in does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Thing To Be Clear About Before You Buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA student in this age range cannot solo. The FAA sets a minimum age for a student pilot certificate and for solo flight in an airplane, and everybody in this program is below it. Every hour is flown with an instructor aboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is not a limitation of the package, it is the law, and any program implying otherwise for a child of this age is describing something that cannot happen. What the hours do is count: they are logged, signed, and they sit in the logbook waiting for the day a certificate becomes possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhether This Is A Good Use Of The Money\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a young person who is genuinely interested, yes. Logged dual instruction at fourteen is time that never has to be flown again, and the habits built early with a professional instructor are better habits than the ones built late.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a young person who is politely interested because an adult is, no. Buy a single lesson first and find out. That is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$229\u003c\/span\u003e and it answers the question honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy one lesson before you buy a package. Enthusiasm at the airport gate is not the same as enthusiasm at hour six.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Parents Should Know We Can Prove\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix airframes sit on this ramp and the school owns all six outright. Nothing is brokered in, nothing is on leaseback, and the shop that services them is ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven on the instructing roster. All of them fly on a commercial certificate or an ATP, all of them teach on a CFI, and none of them instruct on an expired medical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhoever occupies the right seat holds the legal command of the aircraft on these flights. It is a regulatory position rather than a courtesy title.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcedure work happens in the Redbird MCX rather than in an airplane, because it is cheaper and because it can be stopped and rewound. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e a session standalone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe counted the weather rather than guessing at it: 355 days here cleared 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the year to 1 August 2026, from NOAA ASOS records, and the method is published with its limitations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished pricing, all of it, with no spreads. A program costs one number and that number is on its page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457875261,"sku":null,"price":4200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/twin-and-single-engine-trainers-at-dawn-2000_2a0bb915-c5a4-4b3b-9172-5ecfb3916bb7.webp?v=1788495449"},{"product_id":"instrument-rating-course","title":"Instrument Rating Course At Van Nuys Airport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePhase Two: The Rating That Makes The Certificate Useful\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$11,700\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed. An instrument rating is the difference between a certificate that works on good days and one that works on most days, and on a career track it is not optional — it is the prerequisite the rest of the sequence is waiting on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$11,700\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrerequisite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA private pilot certificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePiper Warrior, Piper Arrow II or Diamond DA20\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSimulator\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRedbird MCX time built into the course\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncludes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlight training to the practical test standard, one-to-one ground instruction, written-exam preparation, stage checks and checkride preparation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft rate inside the program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet, single-engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRunning total\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e for the Comprehensive private program plus \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$11,700\u003c\/span\u003e here\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Rating Actually Teaches\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlying an airplane accurately by reference to instruments while somebody talks to you, and making decisions from a weather picture rather than from a window. Holds, precision and non-precision approaches, and cross-country flying inside the air traffic system rather than around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Los Angeles basin is a good place to learn the system half of that. The airspace is dense, the clearances are real, and a student who can work a busy frequency here is not going to be intimidated anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Downside Of Learning Instruments In Southern California, Which Nobody Advertises\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will log very little actual instrument time. The same weather that gives Van Nuys 355 flyable training days a year — counted from NOAA ASOS records over the year ending 1 August 2026 — is weather that produces almost no cloud to fly inside. Most of your instrument time here is simulated, under a hood or in the Redbird MCX.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is good for tempo and bad for experience, and it means a newly rated instrument pilot from this field should be conservative about their first real approach in cloud. We say so during the course rather than after it. The marine layer that sits over the basin on May and June mornings is the one reliable source of the real thing, and we schedule around it deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere The Simulator Earns Its Place\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn approach can be flown, stopped, repositioned and flown again in the Redbird MCX in the time a single attempt takes in the airplane. For procedure work and instrument scan, no part of the rating costs less to learn. It is poor for landings, which is why we do not use it for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStaying Current Afterwards\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rating does not maintain itself. Recent experience for carrying passengers, and for commanding an aircraft under instrument flight rules, is set out in 14 CFR 61.57, and an instrument rating that lapses is a rating you have to spend money to get back. Plan the currency flying into the year after the checkride, not into the month you notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSouthern California gives you tempo and takes away actual instrument conditions. Both halves are true.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFacts Behind The Course\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe bought the airplanes rather than renting them from private owners, so the maintenance decisions are made here. 14 CFR 91.409(b) puts an airplane that gives instruction for hire on a 100-hour inspection interval, and that bill lands on us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere are eleven instructors, which is enough that a full schedule does not stall on one person's diary. Every one meets the same standard: CFI, commercial certificate or ATP, current medical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn enclosed, motion-based Redbird MCX, FAA-approved, is part of the operation rather than an add-on to it. Priced at \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e when booked by itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 training days a year, taken from NOAA ASOS records at this field and judged against a stated minimum of 3,000 ft and 5 sm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo quote to request and no range to interpret. Program prices are fixed, published, and the same for everyone who walks in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 61, stated plainly. The curriculum, the prices and the hours are published; a pass rate and a graduate count are not, because there is no honest one to print yet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfhon\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStated Plainly, Because The Name Invites The Question\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe train under Part 61. There is no airline behind this school, no cadet program, no pathway agreement and no hiring relationship with any carrier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo employment is promised or implied by anything on this page. 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What differs is the airplane: turbocharged, glass-panelled, and carrying a parachute for the whole airframe. It is the most expensive route to that certificate and it is right for a narrow set of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlight time logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e40\u003c\/span\u003e hours, in the Cirrus SR22 Turbo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn the Redbird MCX\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e30\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGround instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBooks and training materials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCirrus SR22 Turbo — turbocharged, glass flight deck, CAPS whole-airframe parachute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone published for this airframe. The program price is the number.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho This Program Is Genuinely Right For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone who owns an SR22 or is about to. Someone whose flying will be long cross-country trips in a fast single from the day the checkride ends. Someone with a specific reason to be current in this type rather than a preference for the nicer airplane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those readers it is the efficient choice, because the alternative is earning a certificate in one type and then buying transition training into another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It Is Wrong For, Which Is Most People\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf your reason for wanting this program is that the airplane is nicer, buy the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e Comprehensive program instead and put the difference toward an instrument rating. We will say that in the consultation and we will say it again if you push.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA glass panel presents information already assembled. That is a real advantage to an experienced pilot and a real handicap to a new one, because the scan you build when a machine has done the interpreting is a weaker scan, and it has to be rebuilt later at your expense. Forty hours is also fewer hours than most students need, and forty hours in the most complex airframe on the ramp is a demanding way to spend them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You Get That The Other Programs Do Not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eType-specific training in an airframe with a CAPS whole-airframe parachute, which introduces a decision that does not exist in other light singles: when to use it. That is a briefing, a procedure and a set of altitudes, and it is taught properly here rather than mentioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurbocharging, which is more relevant at Van Nuys than in most of the country. The field sits at 802 ft and performs like roughly 4,100 ft on a hot September afternoon, and 14 CFR 91.103 makes that calculation a duty of the pilot in command before every flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuying a glass-cockpit program before you have soloed is usually the wrong order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStandards, Published Rather Than Claimed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fleet is bought, not borrowed. Six types, one owner, one maintenance program, and an inspection interval set by 14 CFR 91.409(b) because these airplanes teach for hire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instructing staff numbers eleven. Three credentials are required of every one of them: a flight instructor certificate, an ATP or a commercial certificate behind it, and a medical that has not lapsed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is an FAA-approved Redbird MCX on site, on a motion base and closed in. A session on its own is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e, and no session has ever been lost to weather.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNOAA ASOS records for this field give 355 training days in the year ending 1 August 2026, tested against 3,000 ft and 5 sm with four qualifying daytime hours needed before a day counts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat you enroll at is what is published. We do not run block rates and we do not negotiate, which is what makes a fixed price mean anything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 61, stated plainly. The curriculum, the prices and the hours are published; a pass rate and a graduate count are not, because there is no honest one to print yet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458530621,"sku":null,"price":22500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/glass-cockpit-primary-flight-display-2000_268281c7-1393-4aa2-878d-71b43475553f.webp?v=1788495466"},{"product_id":"private-pilot-program","title":"Standard Private Pilot Program At Van Nuys Airport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePhase One, At The Regulatory Floor, For A Fixed \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eForty logged hours, priced as one number before you start. This is the program built to the minimum in 14 CFR 61.109 and nothing beyond it, which makes it our lowest-priced honest route to a private pilot certificate, and the one that assumes the most about you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlight time logged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e40\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn a single-engine airplane\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e38\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn the Redbird MCX\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e30\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGround instruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBooks and training materials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft rate inside the program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet, single-engine. The airplane and its fuel; instruction is carried in the program price.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegulation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe aeronautical experience floor is forty hours, per 14 CFR 61.109\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho Finishes Inside 40 Hours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople who fly three or four times a week, hold a current medical before they start, and do the ground study between lessons rather than during them. That is a real group and it is not a large one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAOPA's figure for how long a private certificate actually takes nationally is higher than the regulatory minimum, and it is higher for a reason that has nothing to do with talent: somebody who gets to the airport twice a month burns the opening twenty minutes of each lesson climbing back to where the previous one finished. Tempo is the variable that decides this, and it belongs to you rather than to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur Position On This Program, Stated Against Our Own Interest\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you can only fly at weekends, this is probably the wrong purchase. Buy it and there is a fair chance you buy additional hours later at a rate that is no longer inside a package, and the total lands above the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$15,900\u003c\/span\u003e Comprehensive program you did not choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraining two days a week is the most expensive way to get a certificate and it is also the most common. Choosing the cheaper program and flying it slowly is how people end up paying more than the expensive one costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Certificate Lets You Do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarry passengers, fly your own trips, share operating costs within the limits in 14 CFR 61.113, and act as pilot in command of a single-engine airplane in visual conditions. Not fly for hire. That is the commercial certificate, and it is a different program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Price Does Not Include\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe written test, the examiner, your medical, a headset and your own charts. Those are yours, and we will name them rather than publish somebody else's fees. Everything we control is in the \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$10,900\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy this program if you can fly often. If you cannot, buy the Comprehensive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Price Is Buying Into\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix types, all owned here, all maintained here. When an airplane is due for the 100-hour inspection that 14 CFR 91.409(b) demands of a trainer, it comes off the line and gets one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructing staff: eleven. Credentials, without exception: a flight instructor certificate, a commercial certificate or an ATP behind it, and a medical in date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne simulator, and it is a good one: an FAA-approved Redbird MCX, enclosed cockpit, motion base. Booked on its own it costs \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeather costs a full-time student roughly ten days a year here. NOAA ASOS records put 355 days above 3,000 ft and 5 sm in the twelve months ending 1 August 2026.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery program price is printed on this store. There are no ranges, no block-rate discounts and no number you have to ask for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 61, stated plainly. The curriculum, the prices and the hours are published; a pass rate and a graduate count are not, because there is no honest one to print yet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458563389,"sku":null,"price":10900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-warrior-three-quarter-hangar-2000_fb4dc865-4e17-4ed1-aab0-3ff44c0937af.webp?v=1788495468"},{"product_id":"multi-engine-program-for-private-or-commercial-add-on","title":"Multi-Engine Program For Private Or Commercial Add-On","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Multi-Engine Rating In The Seminole, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eOne fixed number, bolted onto a certificate already in your pocket. Of every phase in the sequence this is the briefest, and the one where systems knowledge outweighs stick skill by the widest margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$5,100\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrerequisite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAn existing private or commercial certificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePiper Seminole — twin engine, counter-rotating propellers, retractable gear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncludes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual instruction to the practical test standard, one-to-one ground instruction on systems and performance, oral and checkride preparation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHourly rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone published for this airframe. This price is the number.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhere it sits\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAfter the instrument rating for most career-track students\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy This Rating Sits Where It Sits In The Sequence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake it after the instrument rating, not before. A twin flown only in good weather is a twin doing half its job, and the operators who care about multi-engine time care about it in the context of an instrument-rated pilot. Taking it early also means paying twin prices for hours you could have flown far more cheaply in a single.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 CFR 61.129 governs the aeronautical experience for a commercial certificate, and the sequence that gets you there efficiently puts cheap hours early and expensive hours late. That is the whole argument for the order we recommend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Training Is Mostly About\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsymmetric flight and the decisions attached to it. The Seminole has counter-rotating propellers, which removes the critical-engine asymmetry that makes some light twins unforgiving, and that design choice is why it is the type most people earn this rating in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything else is systems and discipline: two of most controls, gear that retracts, and a set of memory items that exist because the airplane punishes hesitation. The flying is not hard. The management is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAn Honest Note On What The Rating Is Worth\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy itself this rating makes nobody employable, and we are not going to suggest it does. It is a required component of a professional sequence, and it is a good one to hold. It is not a qualification with a job attached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheap hours first, expensive hours last. That is the whole economics of a professional sequence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Is Behind The Rating\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery type in the fleet is school property, serviced on site. Instruction for hire triggers the 100-hour interval written into 14 CFR 91.409(b), and we would rather carry that cost than argue about it with an owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven instructors, matched to students one at a time and changeable if the pairing is wrong. Each holds a CFI alongside a commercial certificate or an ATP.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Redbird MCX lives on the field. It is enclosed, it sits on a motion base, it holds FAA approval, and a standalone booking is \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe flyable-days figure for this field is 355, counted from NOAA ASOS records over the year to 1 August 2026 rather than estimated from a brochure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFixed prices, published in full. The figure you agree at the start is the figure at the end, which is the point of buying a program rather than hours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is Part 61 training. We publish a syllabus, a price and an hour count, and nothing about a track record the business has not had time to build.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfhon\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat This School Does Not Claim\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAirline Pilot Flight School is a Part 61 flight training provider. We are not an airline, we are not owned by one, and we hold no cadet program, pathway agreement or hiring relationship with any airline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe do not guarantee an interview, a job or a salary, and we publish no pass rate and no graduate count. This business is new. It has no record worth publishing yet and it will not invent one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat we do publish is the curriculum, the price, the hours, and the regulation behind each requirement. Judge us on those.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957459022141,"sku":null,"price":5100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-seminole-nose-quarter-twin-trainer-2000_7796aae9-53ef-4bfe-8564-9baa2bc3fd86.webp?v=1788495474"},{"product_id":"sport-pilot-license-program","title":"Sport Pilot License Program At Van Nuys Airport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"apfpd\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.apfpd{font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,sans-serif;color:#0B0F14;line-height:1.6;max-width:900px}.apfpd h2{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:650;margin:0 0 .4em;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:#0B0F14}.apfpd h3{font-size:1.06rem;font-weight:650;margin:1.5em 0 .35em;color:#151C24}.apfpd p{margin:.5em 0}.apfpd .apfld{font-size:1.06rem;color:#151C24}.apfpd ul{margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.1em;padding:0}.apfpd li{margin:.28em 0}.apfpd .apfsp{border-left:3px solid #C8862B;padding:.15em 0 .15em .9em;margin:1.2em 0}.apfpd .apffig{font-family:'IBM Plex Mono',ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;font-weight:600}.apfpd .apfstd{border:1px solid #E2DED7;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0;background:#F4F2EE}.apfpd .apfstd h3{margin-top:0}.apfpd .apfkv{border-collapse:collapse;margin:.9em 0;width:100%;max-width:620px}.apfpd .apfkv td{border-bottom:1px solid #E2DED7;padding:.42em .6em .42em 0;vertical-align:top;font-size:.96rem}.apfpd .apfkv td:first-child{color:#6E7681;width:44%}.apfpd .apfhon{border:1px solid #CFC9BF;border-radius:10px;padding:.9em 1.1em;margin:1.5em 0}.apfpd .apfhon h3{margin-top:0}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSport Pilot, \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$8,400\u003c\/span\u003e, And The Rules As They Now Actually Read\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eA fixed-price route to a sport pilot certificate in the Cessna 162 Skycatcher. The rules changed with the MOSAIC final rule, most summaries of the change are wrong in the same way, and this page says what it actually says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$8,400\u003c\/span\u003e, fixed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCessna 162 Skycatcher — two seats, high wing, single engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCertificate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFAA sport pilot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAircraft rate inside the program\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$179\u003c\/span\u003e an hour, wet, single-engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGoverning rules\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 CFR 61.303, 61.315, 61.316, 61.321, 61.325 and 61.329\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVan Nuys Airport (KVNY), Van Nuys, CA 91406\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat MOSAIC Changed, And The Part Most Summaries Leave Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aircraft you may fly as a sport pilot are now defined by performance rather than by weight. The criteria sit in 14 CFR 61.316: a stall speed at maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than 45 knots CAS, or 59 knots CAS where the aircraft is an airplane; two seats at most, though airplanes may hold certification for as many as four; a cabin that is not pressurized; and landing gear that stays down, with a propeller fixed or adjustable only on the ground, unless the endorsement described in 14 CFR 61.331 is in your logbook. Weight has dropped out of the test completely, because 14 CFR 1.1 no longer contains the definition that carried it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNight flying is now available to sport pilots, and here is the sentence almost nobody includes: 14 CFR 61.329 asks for night instruction totalling three hours, a night cross-country beyond 25 nautical miles, ten landings after dark, every one of them to a full stop, at a tower-controlled field, an endorsement from your instructor, and on top of all that either BasicMed under 14 CFR 68.9 or a medical issued by the FAA. A driver's license does not get you to night flying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Medical Position, Stated Precisely\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn daylight, a current U.S. driver's license stands in for the FAA medical a sport pilot would otherwise need. That is not the same as no medical requirement, and it is not the same as being medically unassessed — you are still responsible for not flying when unfit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you intend to fly at night, or to go on to a private certificate later, either BasicMed or an FAA medical under 14 CFR 61.23 becomes necessary, and settling that early is the least expensive way to test whether the plan holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur Honest Position On Sport Pilot As A Starting Point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a real certificate with real privileges and it costs less than a private certificate. It is also a narrower one: 14 CFR 61.315 limits what you may do with it, and if your actual goal is a private certificate then the hours you fly here count toward it but the money spent on a second checkride does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you know you want a private certificate, go straight at it. If your flying will be local, in daylight, in an uncomplicated airplane, and you want it to cost less, then this is the right product and we sell it without reservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSport pilot is not a cheaper private certificate. It is a different one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Sits Behind The Program\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwnership rather than access: the six airframes belong to the school and are looked after in our own shop, which is why the schedule does not depend on somebody else's asset.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven people instruct here. Each carries a CFI, each holds either a commercial certificate or an ATP, and each keeps a medical in date under 14 CFR 61.23.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Redbird MCX here moves and is fully enclosed, which makes it worth using for scan and procedure work. \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$189\u003c\/span\u003e gets you a session of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e355 days a year clear the minima we train to, 3,000 ft and 5 sm, on NOAA ASOS records for this field. What that measurement does not model — wind, and thin layers the sensor misreads — is published alongside it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe price list is the website. Nothing is quoted privately, nothing is discounted for signing on the day, and no figure appears here as a range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is Part 61 training. 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