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Flight Training in India?
Hello Everyone,
I am interested to know if anyone has any information on flight training in India. I have done a little "googleing", and of course there is training available. What I= am wondering is if anyone here has any understanding of the cost vis-a-vis instruction in the U.S. If the economics are right, I am considering going to India for concentrated training (private - commercial). I am also wondering about the potential market that might support operation of a small aircraft in India, carrying newly affluent Indians from point A to Point B. Your knowledge and thoughts greatly appreciated. Steven |
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Flight Training in India?
training in India. I have done a little "googleing", and of course there is training available. What I= am wondering is if anyone here has any understanding of the cost vis-a-vis instruction in the U.S. If the economics are right, I am considering going to India for concentrated training (private - commercial). I am also wondering about the potential market that might support operation of a small aircraft in India, carrying newly affluent Indians from point A to Point B. I can't imagine the economics would be right. Flight training and flying infrastructure in third world countries are usually monopolized by governments and tend to be horrendously expensive. I noticed that in Brazil, the local FBO in Sao Paulo charged something like $400 per hr for an hr's dual in a Piper, I didnt even dare to ask about landing fees. Can't imagine a place better than the US for flight training. |
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Flight Training in India?
On Sep 12, 8:22 pm, wrote:
training in India. I have done a little "googleing", and of course there is training available. What I= am wondering is if anyone here has any understanding of the cost vis-a-vis instruction in the U.S. If the economics are right, I am considering going to India for concentrated training (private - commercial). I am also wondering about the potential market that might support operation of a small aircraft in India, carrying newly affluent Indians from point A to Point B. I can't imagine the economics would be right. Flight training and flying infrastructure in third world countries are usually monopolized by governments and tend to be horrendously expensive. I noticed that in Brazil, the local FBO in Sao Paulo charged something like $400 per hr for an hr's dual in a Piper, I didnt even dare to ask about landing fees. Can't imagine a place better than the US for flight training. South Africa. If not better, pretty good. The flying itself is equivalent in cost or slightly less expensive than the U.S., and the other costs of living are drastically less. The airspace is still free, lots of places with no landing fees, fewer restricted areas than we have here (you can circle over the presidential residence and parliment building at 2000 feet all you want, no problem). Oh, and good weather most of the time. I went on a flight there with a local instructor who trains a lot of foreigners for bush excursions and he told me that the best pilots were, in order, Americans, South Africans, and Australians. When he told me I flew like a typical American, it was a compliment. Not often is "you do x like a typical American" a compliment overseas. His theory was that it's directly related to how easy and inexpensive it is to fly GA in those countries compared to others. He told me was what when he learns someone wants to come and get a checkout on one his planes, he asks their nationality. If it's an American, he can plan on doing it in half a day. A European, all weekend and some of Monday. The problem with European pilots, he said, is that their training is geared toward turning out airline or military pilots who are then clueless on flying a piston single out of primitive airports. On that same trip, I flew the airlines all over the eastern hemisphere, and the vast majority of the pilots were Australian (and I'm not just talking Qantas here, Chinese and middle eastern airlines too). |
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