Career pathway

Accelerated Zero to Hero Pilot Training in the Bay Area

A structured pathway from zero experience to instrument flight instructor, with every hour and every dollar accounted for before you start.

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Why pay a Part 141 school double the price? Your pilot certificate is the same no matter where you earn it in the US. Get it with us for about half the cost.
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Phase Total time
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Total time 290.0

The FAA requires 250 hours for a Commercial Pilot Certificate. You clear it in month nine, then keep building.

Estimated breakdown

What it costs, phase by phase

No package deposits against unnamed hours. Each phase is priced on its own, and you pay as you reach it.

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Twelve months 290 $61,932
Financing available Spread the cost over up to 15 years with Stratus Finance No payments for 12 months. Up to 15-year term. Soft credit check. First lesson free when approved.
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Pricing listed represents best estimates. Final costs are subject to variation based on aircraft type, instructor rates, and individual student performance.

The hours

Where the 250 hours come from

The number sounds impossible on day one. It isn't, because most of it accumulates while you are already training for something else.

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Check what the cheaper quote is counting

Most schools quote you flight time and let everything else arrive later as invoices. Our Commercial, CFI and CFII phases each include 25 to 30 hours of one-on-one ground instruction, written exam preparation, oral preparation, lesson plan development and maneuver briefings, built into the price rather than billed on top of it.

If a student needs flight time beyond the program hours, it is charged at standard rates. We will tell you early if that is tracking. Never on checkride day.

Questions

Questions people ask first

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Tell us where you are starting from and we will walk you through what the next twelve months would actually look like.

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Hours shown reflect typical student completion times and meet or exceed FAA minimums under 14 CFR Part 61. Actual hours vary by individual. Simulator and flight training device time counts toward certain rating requirements but does not count toward the 250-hour total flight time requirement.