{"title":"Private Pilot Programs","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSame Certificate, Different Amount Of Flying\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery program here ends with the same FAA private pilot certificate. What separates them is how many hours are inside the price and which airframe those hours are flown in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStandard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40 logged hours — 38 single-engine, 2 Redbird MCX, 30 dual, 3 ground\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$10,900\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComprehensive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 logged hours — 55 single-engine, 5 Redbird MCX, 50 dual, 10 ground\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$15,900\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePremium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40 logged hours flown in the turbocharged Cirrus — 2 Redbird MCX, 30 dual, 3 ground\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$22,500\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOur Position\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty hours is the floor written into 14 CFR 61.109, not a forecast, and most students land above it. If you can fly three or four times a week, the Standard program is a reasonable bet. If you cannot, buy the Comprehensive and stop worrying about the meter. Each of these prices already contains the books and the training materials.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"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. 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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957457482045,"sku":null,"price":15900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/7334\/5085\/files\/piper-warrior-front-quarter-flight-line-2000_f1f14dbd-27c4-4b5f-87a5-0f3a21151bc0.webp?v=1788495437"},{"product_id":"premium-private-pilot-program-at-van-nuys-airport","title":"Premium 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\u003eForty Hours In The Cirrus SR22 Turbo, At \u003cspan class=\"apffig\"\u003e$22,500\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eYou finish with the identical certificate every other program on this store produces. 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. 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