depends on what you mean by cheap and what you see as expenive. i would not consider iny flight school cheap lol. but I think you will spend less here then you would at other flightschools. i read about sour apples thatt hate the school and think its a ripoff but talk to the guys who did the program here that are flying for the regionals and talk to a guy who did the program at a school like flight safety who is flying for the regionals. ask them what there monthly loan payment is. that may answer you question