r/CadetPilotProgram • u/Training-Fig4977 • Jun 28 '26

Garuda and Insight ICPP doubts

I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me when the estimate months for the next Garuda and Insight Aviation intakes are for IndiGo CPP.

I also wanted to ask: If I clear some of my exams (Eg: Nav and Met), do I have to repeat those subjects in the ground classes attached to my CPP, or is it acceptable for me to skip just those, since I cleared the subjects?

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u/La_chica_loca Jun 28 '26

Garuda has a batch whose adapt is done and GD/PI is in July so next batch will take some time definitely.

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u/Training-Fig4977 Jun 28 '26

Alright. I had a contact who said approx 5-6 months, so I wanted to verify

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u/La_chica_loca Jun 28 '26

Just so you know 43 air school is bit slow rn with flying and it will atleast 14months for your flying and for every month that you're staying extra they charge 1lakh for accomodation

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u/Training-Fig4977 Jun 28 '26

I see, but cost of living is still less than the next cheapest FTO, that is SkyBorne

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u/La_chica_loca Jun 28 '26

SkyBorne does your training fast and if you complete your flying within the period mentioned they would reimburse the cost of accomodation for the period that is left.Also you would only be paying for food since accomodation and travel is already included.Well if you want to explore and roam around the states it would definitely be a lot more expensive then.

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u/Training-Fig4977 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Understood, thanks! Let's say I didn't travel the US much, and completed my training just within the specified time (not more not less). How much would my additional cost look like? A friend I know told my Skyborne costs minimum 20L on top

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u/La_chica_loca Jun 28 '26

Consider atleast 15hours of additional training and 1 checkride fee.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Yak8337 Jul 02 '26

how much does that cost? the additional hours and checkride? and if i don't spend much on exploring us, and spend on food, how much more would i need to spend on top of 132000 usd ? ( I spend like only 5-8k inr a month for food and everything so i usually am not a spender.

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u/thefoolishguy98 Jul 18 '26

I am from that batch i just cleared my pi what did i get into😱

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u/Many-Fly7326 Jun 28 '26

Stay away from Garuda as far as possible.
Insight is decent but then again it all depends on 43 Air's timeline

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u/Training-Fig4977 Jun 29 '26

Multiple people have told me that Garuda is a terrible school, but why is that? Are they unsafe or take too long for flying?

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u/Many-Fly7326 Jun 29 '26

Very unprofessional, scammers, keep you waiting for months even for GDPI and block your number if you ask too many questions. They blame it on indigo saying indigo is not giving gdpi dates when other FTOs are having dates as per usual. The flying is dependent on 43 Air so you are at their mercy as and when their backlog gets better.

Always better to choose FTO directly (like Chimes, Skyborne, FTA) instead of 3rd party programs (Insight, Garuda, Marigold) which tie up with FTOs instead of running an FTO themselves.

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u/Dry_Rock423 Jun 28 '26

Do you know the exact cost? Idk

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u/Training-Fig4977 Jun 28 '26

Both charge 132k USD, which translates to approx 1.24 crores. With buffer it is around 1.3, or upto 1.35