Flight training at Brett Aviation

The fleet page prices eight Skyhawks per tail with 5, 6 and 7 percent discount columns, and an advanced training device at $99. A second, older table still live at /aircraft-rental/ gives lower figures for several of the same tail numbers, $150 rather than $195, along with a Diamond DA20 at $130, a Cessna 152 at $110, a Grumman GA-7 at $270 and an Arrow at $190. The two tables disagree, so only the fleet page is recorded and the older one is flagged below. Nothing states a fuel basis and the instructor is not priced.

1. 1

   What do you charge per hour for flight instruction, and is ground instruction billed at the same rate?Missing from their site

   This is the number that is missing from the site. Ground is often billed separately and at a different rate.

2. 2

   Does the instructor rate change for the Instrument, Commercial, or CFI, or is it flat across everything?Missing from their site

   Plenty of schools charge more for advanced instruction. A flat rate quoted for the Private can climb later.

3. 3

   Do the published aircraft rates include fuel, or is fuel billed separately?

   The site does not say, and it is the difference between two rates that look identical and are not.

4. 4

   Which rate table is current, the fleet page or the older one at /aircraft-rental/?Missing from their site

   The same tail numbers appear at $195 on one page and $150 on the other.

5. 5

   What does the instructor cost per hour, and are the rates wet?Missing from their site

   Eight airplanes are priced and neither the instructor nor the fuel basis is stated.

6. 6

   Do you offer block rates or prepay discounts, and what is the refund policy if I stop partway?

   Block discounts are common and rarely published. The refund terms matter more than the discount.

7. 7

   What do you charge for the written test, the checkride, and the examiner's fee?

   The DPE fee alone runs $800 to $1,200 in most of the country and is almost never in a quoted hourly rate.

8. 8

   How many trainers and how many full-time instructors do you have right now?

   Availability decides your pace, and pace decides your total more than the hourly rate does.

What to compare their answer against

Not Brett Aviation's rates. The middle of what 13 Maryland schools charge, to hold your phone quote against.

From the schools here that publish full rate cards, the same sample behind the Flight Training Cost Report. Brett Aviation is not in it.

What we checked

A Martin State operator with eight Skyhawks priced per tail and discount columns, whose site carries two rate tables that do not agree. Crawled September 5, 2026.