Funding training to become a pilot

Dr._Shoe

Does he have the aptitude?

My suggestion would be for him to go for his PPL first (and fund it himself). With a PPL he might be abe to get a co-pilot job with one of the smaller airlines and they will fund him through fight school if he has the aptitude.

I was looking at microlight training and then maybe upgrade to PPL if it turned out that I had the aptitude. Remember that doing it for real is nothing like flying your laptop around a CGI landscape.

jaylee3

ehelps wrote: »

Hi

My partner wants to become a commercial pilot, which is going to cost £85-115k (gulp). I have about £30k of savings and a property worth £65-75k. I earn £66k so although I could afford repayments due to the low value of my flat as security am not sure the BBVA scheme is suitable

Has anyone gone any other ideas worth pursuing?
has anyone worked with an IFA who knows more about pilot funding than the average?

I would run a mile from this OP. I have a friend whose husband (now EX!) wanted to be a pilot, and he spent a ton of the family's money on senseless and pointless flying lessons, trying to be something he could never be, and never DID become.

She never had a thing for herself for 3 or 4 years while he squandered £300 a month on flying lessons, and 1000s on holidays - for him alone - to go and train in America.

He wanted to go on a fancy £100K course, and he could not get the finance because of his terrible credit record, so he begged her and her mother, to take out the money for him, and for HIS parents to be a guarantor for him so he could apply for huge loans, putting up the house as collateral.

As I said, he is now an ex - not surprisingly.

Read this...

http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airline-crew1.htm

From the article: on commercial airlines, there are always at least two pilots, and on many flights there are three... They have often had extensive training and flying experience, often as part of military service. ...

The road from the first training flight to the airline cockpit is a long and difficult one, but for many pilots, this is the only way to go.


From what you say on here OP, and from your previous posts, I would say your man is definitely not cut out to be a pilot. He has not risen through the ranks in the military, and he is not in possession of a 6 figure sum.

Tell him to grow up! There's being ambitious, and then there's being stupid and unrealistic!

Owain_Moneysaver

Tell him to join the RAF.

They'll train him free - if he's suitable.

Mary-Jane_2

I have some experience of this as my husband funded himself through airtraining. It cost considerably more than you mention in your post.
He sold his own flat but in reality this was a bad move as years on the flat was worth a hell of alot more.
YOu also need to pass first time all the exams and flying tests of which there are many and they are very expensive. There is no guarantee of a job and you need to keep flying and keep your licences valid during this time. A great ambition but please dont pay for it yourself!!