Hello,
I'm going to be graduating from high school soon and I'm interested in getting my pilot's license as well as a commercial license so that I can be paid to fly (not for an airline, but to do jobs such as surveying or banner towing, and flying people for hire no farther than 50miles and not at night etc). I was wondering if anybody with some previous experience knew where I could go to get a loan or financial aid for flight school. I know it will be expensive, and based on my research and speaking with a flight instructor in the area I should expect to spend at least $5,000 getting my private pilot license, as well as an additional $7000 to $8000 logging the hours to get the commercial certificate. That's around $12,000 in total. That is expensive, no doubt, but nothing compared to the costs of attending even a semester at a UC such as USC or UCLA here in Los Angeles.
I am dedicated to this, and it's been my lifetime dream to become a pilot. If you know where I could go to get a loan or immediate financial aid for this, I would really appreciate it. I'm not interested in anything that is going to take months to get approved, and preferably I'd like to have all the money upfront so that I can get through the training without long periods of time between each lesson.
All the best!
I'm going to be graduating from high school soon and I'm interested in getting my pilot's license as well as a commercial license so that I can be paid to fly (not for an airline, but to do jobs such as surveying or banner towing, and flying people for hire no farther than 50miles and not at night etc). I was wondering if anybody with some previous experience knew where I could go to get a loan or financial aid for flight school. I know it will be expensive, and based on my research and speaking with a flight instructor in the area I should expect to spend at least $5,000 getting my private pilot license, as well as an additional $7000 to $8000 logging the hours to get the commercial certificate. That's around $12,000 in total. That is expensive, no doubt, but nothing compared to the costs of attending even a semester at a UC such as USC or UCLA here in Los Angeles.
I am dedicated to this, and it's been my lifetime dream to become a pilot. If you know where I could go to get a loan or immediate financial aid for this, I would really appreciate it. I'm not interested in anything that is going to take months to get approved, and preferably I'd like to have all the money upfront so that I can get through the training without long periods of time between each lesson.
All the best!