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Professional Helicopter Services does not lay any claim to being the cheapest, however we do claim to be the best.

Outlined below are our training rates:

Basic Training

NOTE - Students training for a Commercial Pilot Licence are exempt from GST.

  1. COMMERCIAL STUDENTS
  2. $450 / Hr - GST exempt (Pay as you fly)
  3. $440 / Hr - GST exempt (Paid in 10 hr blocks)

  4. PRIVATE STUDENTS
  5. $495 / Hr - Including GST (Pay as you fly)
  6. $484 / Hr - Including GST (Paid in 10 hr blocks)

  7. CASUAL TRAINING (Less than 10 hrs)
  8. $495 / Hr (GST inclusive)

NOTE - It is a legal requirement that all pre-paid fees be used within 5 weeks.


Casual Training and Endorsements - Including GST

  1. $495 / Hr Robinson R22 or Schweizer 300 CBi
  2. $900 / Hr Robinson R44
  3. $1200 / Hr Bell Jet Ranger - See money saving ideas below
  4. $1600 / Hr AS350 Squirrel

Flight Reviews

  1. Daytime flights Conducted at Casual Rate plus Testing Fee
  2. Night flights Training only. $595 / Hr.
  3. Instructor Hire Minimum of 1 Hour; $150 / Hr.
  4. Testing Fee Endorsements, BFR’s, Ratings, etc. includes Sticker; $150 / Hr.

Commercial Theory Course

  1. Full Course Paid in Advance - $3,600 (Saves $600.00 against the per subject cost)
  2. Pay as You Go - $600 per subject

This includes Ron Newman's book «Helicopters will take you anywhere».

There are some adjustments to these rates for overseas students, please refer to Overseas students.

Hour requirements and costs

Fixed Wing
Licence held		 Helicopter
Licence required		 Minimum hrs required Cost  
      Prepaid Rate Daily Rate
Nil Private 50 $24,200 $24,750
Commercial
(GST exempt)		 105 $46,200 $47,250
Private Private 38 $18,392 $18,810
Commercial
(GST exempt)		 70 $30,800 $31,500
Commercial Private 38 $18,392 $18,810
Commercial
(GST exempt)		 60 $26,400 $27,000

Private Licence

  1. The minimum flight time is 50 hours, or
  2. 38 hours if you hold a Private or Commercial "Fixed Wing" licence

Commercial Licence

  1. The minimum flight time is 105 hours or
  2. 70 hours if you hold a Private «Fixed Wing» licence or
  3. 60 hours if you hold a Commercial «Fixed Wing» licence.
  4. If the final 30 hours of training is NOT completed within a 3 month period, you will require additional hours in order to obtain a Commercial licencem i.e. 125 hours, not 105 hours.

Examination Requirements

Private Licence
  1. In house «Basic Aeronautical Knowledge» (BAK) plus a CASA «Private Helicopter Exam»
Commercial Licence
  1. In house «Basic Aeronautical Knowledge» (BAK) plus either a CASA «Commercial Helicopter Final Exam», or
  2. a CASA «Conversion exam» if you hold a Commercial Fixed Wing licence

The CASA exams are now done as «Cyber Exams». The Private exam is covered in one sitting whereas the commercial subjects are covered in 7 separate exams as follows:

  1. Flight rules & Air Law
  2. Navigation & Operations
  3. Operations, Performance & Flight Planning
  4. Aircraft General Knowledge (Helicopter)
  5. Aerodynamics (Helicopter)
  6. Meteorology
  7. Human Factors

Money saving ideas

If you do all of your training with us (or more than 50 hours after swapping from another school) we offer the following discount:

  1. A 5 hour turbine endorsement in a Bell Jet Ranger for $4,500. Save $1,500

NOTE - This offer is only valid for students who are enrolled in a CPL course and complete the endorsement prior to their CPL flight test.