$34,995 less than ATP.
Before you commit six figures, here is the CFII Career Track side by side with ATP's Airline Career Pilot Program: price, flight hours and the paid instructor phase.
Line by line
ATP's Airline Career Pilot Program is the benchmark for this kind of training. Hour for hour it is the same program as ours: the same certificates, the same flight hours, the same simulator time. The difference is the price, and what happens after your last checkride.
| CFII | ATP | |
|---|---|---|
| PricePublished price for the same starting point, every certificate included. | $89,000 | $123,995 + |
| Cost per flight hourPrice divided by the flight hours you graduate with. | ~$316 | ~$440 |
| Flight hours at graduationWhat your logbook says on graduation day. | 282 | 282 |
| Hours in a real airplaneEverything that is not the simulator. | 229 | 229 |
| Hours in a simulatorApproved sim time that counts toward the ratings. | 53 | 53 |
| Multi-engine hoursTwin time for the multi-engine rating. | 25 | 25 |
| Paid instructor phaseWho pays for the hours after certification. | $15,000 add-on | After the program |
| You save | $34,995 |
These figures are the $89,000 training program alone. ATP figures: published zero-experience Airline Career Pilot Program price and hours, atpflightschool.com, August 2026; select ATP locations add up to $5,000. Cost per flight hour is each program's price divided by its flight hours at graduation, rounded. Our $15,000 Work with us add-on guarantees a paid instructor phase, while instructing at ATP is a separate job.
| CFII | ATP | |
|---|---|---|
| PricePublished price for the same starting point, every certificate included. | $75,000 | $106,000 + |
| Cost per flight hourPrice divided by the flight hours you graduate with. | ~$314 | ~$444 |
| Flight hours at graduationWhat your logbook says on graduation day. | 239 | 239 |
| Hours in a real airplaneEverything that is not the simulator. | 186 | 186 |
| Hours in a simulatorApproved sim time that counts toward the ratings. | 53 | 53 |
| Multi-engine hoursTwin time for the multi-engine rating. | 25 | 25 |
| Paid instructor phaseWho pays for the hours after certification. | $15,000 add-on | After the program |
| You save | $31,000 |
These figures are the $75,000 training program alone. ATP figures: published zero-experience Airline Career Pilot Program price and hours, atpflightschool.com, August 2026; select ATP locations add up to $5,000. Their solo price is their published credit price; their hours are estimated by crediting the same 43 hours off their zero-experience program. Cost per flight hour is each program's price divided by its flight hours at graduation, rounded. Our $15,000 Work with us add-on guarantees a paid instructor phase, while instructing at ATP is a separate job.
| CFII | ATP | |
|---|---|---|
| PricePublished price for the same starting point, every certificate included. | $66,600 | $96,000 + |
| Cost per flight hourPrice divided by the flight hours you graduate with. | ~$326 | ~$471 |
| Flight hours at graduationWhat your logbook says on graduation day. | 204 | 204 |
| Hours in a real airplaneEverything that is not the simulator. | 151 | 151 |
| Hours in a simulatorApproved sim time that counts toward the ratings. | 53 | 53 |
| Multi-engine hoursTwin time for the multi-engine rating. | 25 | 25 |
| Paid instructor phaseWho pays for the hours after certification. | $15,000 add-on | After the program |
| You save | $29,400 |
These figures are the $66,600 training program alone. ATP figures: published zero-experience Airline Career Pilot Program price and hours, atpflightschool.com, August 2026; select ATP locations add up to $5,000. Their PPL price is their published credit price; their hours are estimated by crediting the same 78 hours off their zero-experience program. Cost per flight hour is each program's price divided by its flight hours at graduation, rounded. Our $15,000 Work with us add-on guarantees a paid instructor phase, while instructing at ATP is a separate job.
With the paid instructor phase
Work with us is our optional $15,000 add-on. After your certificates, a 25-hour bootcamp prepares you to teach, then you instruct for a guaranteed 175 hours at $30 per flight-training hour. You graduate with a minimum of 480 hours, and the last 175 are paid instead of purchased.
This table is the $89,000 program plus the add-on, from zero experience, against ATP's published program.
| CFII | ATP | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $104,000 | $123,995 + |
| Cost per flight hour | ~$216 | ~$440 |
| Flight hours at graduation | 480+ | 282 |
| Hours in a real airplane | 429+ | 229 |
| Hours in a simulator | 53 | 53 |
| Multi-engine hours | 25 | 25 |
| Paid instructor phase | Guaranteed, built in | After the program |
| Earned back instructing | $5,250+ | Separate job |
| Estimated savings | $25,245+ |
These figures are the $89,000 program plus the $15,000 Work with us instructor add-on. ATP figures: published zero-experience Airline Career Pilot Program price and hours, atpflightschool.com, August 2026; select ATP locations add up to $5,000. Cost per flight hour is each path's price divided by its flight hours at graduation, rounded. Earned back instructing is the guaranteed 175 paid instructing hours at $30 per flight-training hour; hours beyond 175 are paid the same. Estimated savings is the price difference plus that guaranteed instructing pay. ATP's published program ends at certification; instructing afterward is a separate job. Our add-on runs through the instructor phase to a minimum of 480 hours, and every hour past certification is in a real airplane.
What the table cannot show you
- Factory-new airplanes
- Tecnam P-Mentors with a Garmin G3X glass cockpit, a real autopilot and a BRS parachute for the whole airplane. Ask any school you are comparing how old its fleet is. See the fleet
- Southern California, all year
- Nine months only works somewhere the weather cooperates. You also train in the busiest, most complex airspace in the country. What training here is like
- Housing and financing
- Furnished student housing near the airport is an optional add-on at $1,300 a month, and the program can be financed. How financing works
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