CaptainBefore you spend £80,000 learning to fly, spend an hour making sure you're doing it right.
The Career Plan is one honest, unconflicted conversation with Captain Marcus, and a written plan you keep. Your route, your real costs, your timeline, and the questions that protect your money. £49.
One conversation. A written plan you keep. No one trying to sell you a course.
The story this was built on
In 2000, before I committed to training, I paid fifty pounds for an hour with a pilot career consultant. He had no stake in my decision and nothing to sell me.
In that hour he steered me away from a flight school I had almost committed to, one whose operator had already been prosecuted for fraud, and set me on a path that actually worked. That fifty pounds was the best money I have spent on this career.
The Career Plan is that hour, built so every pilot at the start of the journey can have it. Honest, unconflicted, with nobody selling you anything.
Jason Jones, founder
What the £49 buys
A 45 to 60-minute structured conversation with Captain Marcus, ending with a personalised written plan you keep and can share with whoever you trust. It covers:
- Your realistic route: modular, integrated, cadet, or military conversion, matched to your actual circumstances, not a brochure.
- Honest cost range, with the specific factors that move your number.
- A timeline with milestones for the next 6, 12 and 18 months.
- The exact questions to ask any school before you commit a penny.
- The red flags that mean walk away, the ones that have cost people their training money.
- Clear next steps, starting with the cheapest test of whether this career is even open to you.
How to get the most from it
The plan is only as good as what you bring to the conversation, so come with the real picture:
- Where you are now, any licences, ratings or flying hours you already hold.
- Your rough financial position, what you could fund and over what period.
- Your timeline, when you would want to be flying for a living.
- Your questions, the things that are actually keeping you up at night.
The more honestly you share your situation, the sharper and more specific your plan will be. There are no wrong answers, and "I'm right at the very start" is a perfectly good place to begin.
What it is not
- It is not a sales pitch. No school is recommended to you for commission.
- It is not regulated financial advice. Marcus will not point you at a lender or a credit product.
- It is not a promise you'll pass training, selection, or the medical. Nobody honest makes that promise.
- It is not a substitute for visiting real schools and talking to real pilots. It is how you do that properly.
"This might not be the right move for you" is a valid outcome. You are paying for the truth, not for a yes.
Who it's for
- PPL holders weighing whether to go commercial.
- Career changers who have always wanted to fly.
- School and university leavers researching the path.
- Parents working it out for a son or daughter.
- Anyone in their 40s or 50s wondering if the door is still open. It often is.
Why it matters
Training to a frozen ATPL costs somewhere between roughly £77,000 and £115,000. Around half of newly qualified pilots fail their first airline assessment, and flight schools, even large and distinguished ones, do go bust and take up-front fees with them. The most expensive mistakes in this career are made before training starts, by people who did not have anyone honest to talk to first.
For £49, you do.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take?
Around 45 to 60 minutes for the conversation, then your written plan is generated and sent to you, and kept on your account to read any time.
Is Marcus a real person or AI?
Marcus is an AI voice guide, built and shaped by Jason Jones, a captain, simulator instructor and examiner. It is not a human on the line. It is an examiner's way of thinking, made available whenever you are, at a price no human consultant could match, and with no incentive to sell you anything.
I'm right at the start and don't know much yet. Is it still worth it?
That is the best time to have this conversation, before any money is committed. The plan meets you wherever you are and gives you the route, the costs and the questions to take to every school visit.
Can I get a refund?
If something goes wrong technically and you do not receive your plan, contact us and we will put it right, by re-running it or refunding you.
Is this regulated financial advice?
No. The Career Plan is honest, structural guidance to help you make your own decision. For anything to do with loans or credit, speak to a qualified adviser.
Plan it properly before you spend a penny
One honest conversation with Captain Marcus, and a written plan you keep. The cheapest, smartest spend you'll make on this whole journey.
Captain Marcus is built by Jason Jones, an airline and corporate captain, now a simulator instructor and examiner, and the author of two books on airline pilot selection. The Career Plan brings an examiner's eye to the decision most pilots make with no honest guide at all.