Rates

*The airplane rental rate covers the cost of fuel as well (wet rate). When you purchase fuel at another airport on a trip, we will subtract that fuel cost in full from your rental invoice, even if it is at a higher price than what we pay for fuel at our base airport. An 8% Georgia state sales tax applies to all equipment rentals. Some other flight schools have surcharges for fuel price changes, consumables and other costs in their fine print added to the airplane rental rate they post. American Air has no additional charges above the rates we post for rental, tax, instruction and training materials.

All instruction is given by Steve Shaner – Former FAA-Designated Pilot Examiner for over 32 years. Steve holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with a Citation business jet rating, CFI, CFII, CFI Multiengine. Steve has given many hours of Aerobatic and Tailwheel Pilot Instruction. Steve has over 55 years and 10,000 hours pilot experience and over 49 years of service as a full-time Flight Instructor. Steve provides training, practice and testing to all of his students at a much higher standard of thoroughness, safety and skill than you will find at traditional flight schools. Steve spends a great deal of time preparing his lessons and handouts specifically for each lesson for each student. these additional hours of his work are not charged to the student and quite often don’t occur at other flight schools. Steve provides numerous custom training handouts to all of his students at no cost.

Introductory Flight Lesson – In our 2022 Piper Archer LX airplane, a full 1 hour in the airplane plus 3 to 3.5 hours of ground training: total cost including tax: $1400.00. A full normal flight lesson typically costs around $1900 – $2100.

The rates shown here are significantly higher than most schools in the U.S.A. This reflects your investment in flying an airplane that is relatively new and equipped with state-of-the art electronics and maintained to an exceptionally high standard and receiving exceptionally high quality training and customer service. The higher cost of training and aircraft rental with us provides you and your passengers with the highest level of safety available. Total course costs can vary by several thousand dollars from one student to another, depending on the course, the total hours a student needs to meet the standards, the weather and the frequency of attendance. For solo airplane rental, pilots are required to have aircraft renter’s insurance ($250,000 liability with $40,000/passenger and $1,000 medical expense including crew, plus $40,000 non-owned hull damage each occurrence). After an initial phone conversation with Steve Shaner, if the program and investment of time and financial cost sounds like a good match for you and your goals, you are welcome to come out and see the aircraft, simulator and training materials we use and meet with Steve by appointment at no cost or obligation. Thank you for your interest in American Air Flight Training, Inc.