K9Killa

If i went to a good flight school non stop for as long as it took me to get a license to fly jets, about how much would that cost??in other words how much would it cost to get a job flying for an airline like jetblue or northwest or something like that?

Kristy

im not sure, but i bet it mostly depends on where you are going

Alexandra9093

Emery Riddle from what I hear is excellent. Their website is:http://www.erau.edu/You might also consider pursuing a career in the Air Force and getting your flight training that way; it'd be a lot cheaper than paying for school yourself.

Corey

Minimum for flight time, training, testing is going to run you from 25k to 45k. Then, you are going to have to go through the struggle of garnering a job for an airline that is going to either hire you as an Engineer or FO and you are only going to make 35 to 65k a year until you upgrade. Get ready for a fun career as a friendly skies bus driver.

jojo

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txredman

I doubt anyone can give you a good answer unless they know you education level and experience.You'll need a 4 year degree to fly for the majors. You could probably get into the regionals after about $60K and a couple years experience.

JPG

As already mentioned, if you plan on flying for a major airline, a four year degree is a must; and again, Embry-Riddle would enable you to do both, that is have flight school with all your ratings and get your degree at the same time.Otherwise, plan on about $35-50,000 for a complete flight school that will graduate you generally with a Commercial multi-engine and probably a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) rating. You'll probably need the CFI rating to build up some time before being considered by an airline although I have heard that lately some of the regional airlines will hire you as a first officer with fairly low times, some as low as 400 hours. I don't know how true this is but its what I have been told. The more time, especially multi-engine time you have, the better. Hence time as a multi-engine CFI is time well spent.Some of these schools can train you in as little as 90 days if you are truly dedicated. Otherwise, it will take the better part of a year to go from private pilot up through multi-engine instrument if you take a more casual approach. After you then build enough time, you can get your Airline Transport (ATP) rating.Good luck.

JoeL

Without getting too deep I would say that about $50,000 is a good round number to get all your ratings but just remember this only will get you started... as others have already said. You have to gain the experience to fly the jets for the airlines on your own. Remember that your gonna get paid absolute CRAP when you're building your experience. So consider the cost of what you COULD be making at another job too while you're making 25,000/ year at Continental Express. And trust me when I tell you that it will cost you a lot more than just money to make it to Jetblue, Southwest, Fedex, UPS whatever you're hoping for.

mike8398

It will typically cost around 50,000-60,000 dollars. It will also take a long time to accomplish unless you work at it full time. Be prepared for a lot of work and even more disappointment. Jobs at airlines are very competitive and very hard to obtain. If it is what you truly want to do, don't give up on it. I went to flight school and had to quit about 4 hours shy of my PRIVATE!!! It is very expensive. I still wish i could do it, but i just don't have the funds. Now i am working my way up to law school on a scholarship. Who knows... maybe one day i will do aviation law?