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