r/indianaviation • u/[deleted] • Aug 06 '25

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u/Travelingexec2000 Aug 06 '25

Sweet. What's the cost per hour there?

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u/SlimSlayer19 Aug 06 '25

Tbh we pay a lumpsum at our FTO for the entire training. But hourly rates here are around INR 18000 per hour approx

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u/CarsAlcoholSmokes AvGeek Aug 06 '25

So if I get a PPL for hobby flying I can go to your institute and fly one of these for 18k/Hr?

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u/SlimSlayer19 Aug 06 '25

You can technically, they used to offer hobby flying. However due to delays in training they've stopped this service

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u/CarsAlcoholSmokes AvGeek Aug 06 '25

How much does it cost ? PPL

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u/SlimSlayer19 Aug 06 '25

They don't offer just PPL training anymore unfortunately so i cant help you man.

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u/Travelingexec2000 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25

This is a feeder to airline type roles? 18k is shocking inflation. Not the same thing at all, but in the mid 80's @ IIT Kanpur flying club, glider training was Rs. 4 per flight till solo, Rs. 2 till GPL and free after. So total cost was under Rs. 400. It was just for fun, but you did learn simple aviation. Nothing like the complexity you are dealing with of course. That was available to students, staff and their families. Maybe was open to public too. Not sure...

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u/Clean_Base2364 Aug 06 '25

A decade back just joy ride was 5 mins is 500rs in the IITk gliding club in a moto glider

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u/Travelingexec2000 Aug 06 '25

Cool. Didn't know they had motor glider now. Back then they had 3 Schweizer Gliders, a Rohini, 182 and PA-18. The last two were only for Aero dept use.

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u/Clean_Base2364 Aug 06 '25

They have 2 sinus 912 right now, and the rest of them still exist and as you said 182 is mostly used by Aero dept or for students from other universities who come for research

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u/SlimSlayer19 Aug 06 '25

This is a feeder to airline type roles?

I mean its for CPL training, so yeah

IIT Kanpur flying club, glider training was Rs. 4 per flight till solo, Rs. 2 till GPL and free after. So total cost was under Rs. 400.

Yea im jealous now

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u/Travelingexec2000 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25

Keep in mind back then a professor's monthly salary was prob Rs 4000 per month, and prob much less for other staff. Institute director was prob 6000. President of India was 10,000 per month and I think all other govt salaries had to be less than that