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I do plan on scheduling 3-4 times a week. I want to get this ASAP, and from everything I've heard you retain the knowledge and feel faster when you are more consistent. I did time the drives. El Monte is 25-45 minutes depending on traffic and Whiteman is 15-20 and the only traffic possible is...

Awesome, thanks. Tho what I do and what I like to do is be a pilot. It also enables me to work for the companies that are more established and getting those jobs. I've been doing the small stuff and now that everyone with $2K thinks they can pilot a drone, that work has dried up...

What I also liked about Vista over So Cal Flying Club is that they have a facility and seem more established. The only benefit I see for So Cal is they have a CTSW for $90, but even tho thier hourly for instruction is higher, it works out to $139 an hour, where the 162 at Vista is $156, but the...

Yeah, the proximity of Whiteman is really good for me, (I'm right by Universal). I got the impression from Emily that the Sport took a $600 practical test as well as a written. And the 172 is $20 cheaper an hour so while I'd save money on hours with the Sport, the hourly rate of the 172 kind of...

That's what I'm debating today. From what I understand, a sport license will realistically take 50-60 hours, and a PPL will take 60-75. Also, the place I'm looking at has a 172 which is $20 cheaper an hour then the sport, because the sport has a glass cock-pit.

Here is what I know from 4 years of doing this. While the industry would have you believe that flying a GPS enabled drone is "so easy your grandma could so it". While it is fairly easy to fly it around up high away from obstructions, BUT to get effective footage is a gig all together and does...

I'm well aware and hoping that once I get working flying multi-rotored contraptions, renting fixed wing contaptions wont be an issue...

It Looks like John King teaches the Cessna course?

Thanks for the link, they're quite the dynamic duo! So that's the gold standard huh? :)

Yeah, I've been doing it for almost 4 years and the only way to make the real money is to be a pilot. Besides the ground knowledge there's pretty much zero relevance, but figure the FAA is putting people in the pipeline and gaining members, plus it creates a little Darwinism.

Thanks James. You answered while I was typing. My conclusion is to go to El Monte (despite doubling the drive) learn the Sport flyer, with the possibility of moving up to the Private down the line. Unless I could get the Sport license in the 172. That's the cheapest hourly.

Awesome. Thank you. I agree, cheaper (as long as safe) is better and you've answered that part of my question. For my immediate goals (flying a drone commercially) a sport licence does the trick, and is the cheapest and quickest route. I would imagine that I should be able to continue on to a...

I have been reviewing flight schools in my area, Los Angeles, and I've narrowed it down to 2 candidates. My original goal was to get my sport license, but as I've asked around it appears that getting the full thing is not that much more and while I'm at it I might as well go for it. My immediate...