$16,619.85

That's the cost for your ticket in Europe.

(Assuming 55 hours, *not* including the seven tests, materials and ground
school.)

One hour of dual training in the U.K. - $315.27
One hour of single engine trainer rental in the U.K. - $285.27
One gallon of 100LL in Europe - $13.00

I'm glad I'm on this side of the pond.
--
Dallas

Dallas schrieb:
That's the cost for your ticket in Europe.

(Assuming 55 hours, *not* including the seven tests, materials and ground
school.)

One hour of dual training in the U.K. - $315.27
One hour of single engine trainer rental in the U.K. - $285.27
One gallon of 100LL in Europe - $13.00

I'm glad I'm on this side of the pond.

well, your numbers are wrong or based on only on reference.

besides, we here use real money (Euro), FYI.

#m

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:37:16 +0100, Martin Hotze wrote:

well, your numbers are wrong or based on only one reference.

No, I used two references, a U.K. one and the second one was a German
reference posted today with an estimate of $16,000 USD at the current Euro
exchange rate.

I posted this because I've been interested in what it costs to get a ticket
on that side of the pond. I'd be interested to see your numbers.

--
Dallas

Dallas schrieb:

No, I used two references, a U.K. one and the second one was a German
reference posted today with an estimate of $16,000 USD at the current Euro
exchange rate.

therefore it would've been a good idea to stick to the local currency
(UK-pound and Euro).

I posted this because I've been interested in what it costs to get a ticket
on that side of the pond. I'd be interested to see your numbers.

I'd estimate at least 20% less.

And here almost nobody (IMHO) needs that much more than the required 40
hours. Maybe 45. I hat 40 hours and 13 minutes (I had to fly some time
to fill up to the 40 hours and we had a detour at the final destination
that added the additional 13 minutes).

#m

What year was that in?

Martin Hotze wrote:
And here almost nobody (IMHO) needs that much more than the required 40
hours. Maybe 45. I hat 40 hours and 13 minutes (I had to fly some time
to fill up to the 40 hours and we had a detour at the final destination
that added the additional 13 minutes).

Jules schrieb:
What year was that in?

1996

Martin Hotze wrote:
And here almost nobody (IMHO) needs that much more than the required 40
hours. Maybe 45. I hat 40 hours and 13 minutes (I had to fly some time
to fill up to the 40 hours and we had a detour at the final destination
that added the additional 13 minutes).

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:33:00 +0100, Martin Hotze wrote:

therefore it would've been a good idea to stick to the local currency
(UK-pound and Euro).

As my target audience for this post was for those on the left side of the
pond, it made more sense to convert their currency to USD.

--
Dallas

Dallas schrieb:

therefore it would've been a good idea to stick to the local currency
(UK-pound and Euro).

As my target audience for this post was for those on the left side of the
pond, it made more sense to convert their currency to USD.

Who knows where the exchange rate will be in 2 years from now (for
example). Then you have to recalculate all the values only to have exact
numbers when you find this posting through search-engines. And IMHO it
is general knowledge to know the exchange rate (not the very exact
numbers but the roundabouts) for the most important currencies.

#m

As my target audience for this post was for those on the left side of the
pond, it made more sense to convert their currency to USD.

--
Dallas

That is true but its the local currency that matters when you discuss
the price of a service in a foreign country. Nobody living and working
in the US is going to go to Europe for flight training (although the
reverse can be true). If you really want to compare the costs of
flying between the USA and Europe, it might be more meaningful to
compare the fractions of disposable incomes that are required for
learning to fly in both regions. So I guess the question is, if you
are comfortably able to afford a PPL in the US (and your salary is
$xxx) and move to Germany to work in a similar job (where your salary
is EUR yyy), can you afford to learn to fly there as if you are still
in the US? I really doubt it.

Dallas wrote:
That's the cost for your ticket in Europe.

(Assuming 55 hours, *not* including the seven tests, materials and ground
school.)

One hour of dual training in the U.K. - $315.27
One hour of single engine trainer rental in the U.K. - $285.27
One gallon of 100LL in Europe - $13.00

I'm glad I'm on this side of the pond.

Give it a little more time. The politicians and the fanatics are working
on it now. We should get caught up fairly soon. :-))

--
Dudley Henriques