{"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}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/products\/comprehensive-private-pilot-program-at-van-nuys-airport","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}