What SimpliFly Flight School's program costs

SimpliFly Flight School publishes $89,000 for its Zero to Hero career track (Private through CFII with multi), as listed on the academy's own pricing page (October 24, 2026). That is the published sticker for the program, not a personalized quote, and it is what the academy asks before the fees the sticker excludes.

SimpliFly Flight School's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor and Instrument Instructor. The headline track plans for about 250 flight hours. The academy states about 15 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: Sum of SimpliFly's own published course estimates (Private about $20,000, Instrument about $18,000, Commercial about $27,000, CFI about $9,000, CFII about $4,500, multi-engine about $10,500), based on 250 hours full-time. Excludes the $11,500 of checkride fees and $1,050 of written-test fees its own estimator adds on top. 12 to 15 months at 3 to 4 days per week.

Assumes the program's planned hours. Most students fly over the minimums, and the extra flight time is billed separately. SimpliFly states its pricing is based on 250 hours and flying full-time, so hours beyond that plan add cost. Checkride fees (about $1,500 for most checkrides, about $2,500 for the initial CFI), written tests (about $175 each), materials, and medicals are itemized separately. This is the question worth asking hardest at any accelerated academy, because the published price and the price a student who flies over the plan actually pays are two different numbers.

No. An accelerated academy does not reduce the 1,500-hour ATP minimum. Only a qualifying aviation degree does, under 14 CFR 61.160, which lowers it to 1,000 hours for a bachelor's or 1,250 for an associate's. What an academy sells is speed and a fixed price to the commercial certificate and instructor ratings, not a shortcut to the airlines. Most graduates then instruct to build the remaining hours.