{"product_id":"in-person-consultation","title":"Free In-Person Consultation","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\u003eHalf an hour, a plan, and a total\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfld\"\u003eNo charge. You come to the field, sit with an instructor, and leave with a specific answer to the question you actually have: which program, in what order, what it comes to, and how long it takes at the tempo you can realistically fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"apfkv\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFree\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLength\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAbout 30 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWho you meet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA flight instructor, not a salesperson\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat you leave with\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA program, a sequence, a total and a timeline\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAlso covered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinancing, medical requirements, and what the price does not include\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhere\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 gets decided in the meeting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich certificate you are actually aiming at, which is a real question and not a formality. A person who wants to fly themselves and three friends to Mammoth needs a different plan from a person leaving a career to fly for a living, and the two plans diverge at the first purchase, not the fifth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the sequence. Ratings taken in the wrong order cost money — buying a glass-cockpit program before you have soloed is the most common example, and it is the one we talk people out of most often. Then the tempo, which is the single biggest variable in what a certificate ends up costing and the one you control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the total. Every program price is on this store already, so the meeting is not where you find out what things cost. It is where you find out which ones apply to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we will tell you that you may not want to hear\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat an FAA medical, the subject of 14 CFR 61.23, should be settled before you spend anything, because a condition you do not know about yet can end a professional plan at the beginning, and finding out at hour ninety is expensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat flying twice a month is the most expensive way to earn a certificate, because relearning is not free, and that is where most of the hidden cost in flight training comes from. And that some costs are yours rather than ours — the written test, the examiner, a headset, the medical — which we will name, though we do not publish figures for other people's fees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a sales appointment with a discount attached to signing that day. There is no such discount. The prices are fixed and published and they are the same on Tuesday as they are in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"apfsp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSettle the medical first, ahead of every other expense. Nothing else tests the plan so cheaply.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apfstd\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you can see while you are here\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\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Airline Pilot Flight School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957458006333,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/flightschool.la\/products\/in-person-consultation","provider":"Airline Pilot Flight School","version":"1.0","type":"link"}