Originally Posted by aviator09

If I remember correctly , and it might be different where you are. But, I think they offered say $5500 per year so , half first semester and half second semester and this is going through the school ( not some bank ). What you take out is up to you. Say, you only have to pay $500 for credits , then you could put the $5000 towards flight training costs. The dispersal dates sometimes can take awhile, it may not be the beginning of the semester. It could be a month or so in. So, it might be hard to do it with just the schools money. Because, it will cost you more in the long run .. if you only get $2750, for semster 1 , that will only get you so far in your flight training and then if you have to wait another 4 months untill you can begin flying again. It will be harder for a new student to pick up where they left off , rather than a cfi taking 4 months off. So, you will prob end up spending more money on review flights in the end.

Originally Posted by sschlesinger

Hello iflyprops i dont plan charging that much but it was just a statement that good career cfis can make good money. If i became a cfi i would try to use a sliding scale based on income which would determine cost of lessons not including students cost of renting the airplane (rentals will always be at a fixed rate). One thing about my current situation as well as others in my position is coming up with the cash to start flight lessons. However I just got in a lucky position to have grants to help pay. I truly feel in my heart no one should ever be denied an education in which the student has the heart for whether it be an airline pilot or doctor or anything else that they love to do. To further my point there are ton and tons of talented people out there that could be doctors or lawyers but they just couldn't afford the education, so now their stuck doing something that really don't enjoy doing.