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How much is get Airline Transport Pilot License in the USA?

How much is get Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) in the USA? And the Instrument Rating (IR) ? N419BH: thank you , but do you know how much are totally the courses? The PPL license (in Italy) is valid in the USA? Thank you, Bye bye!

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1. You are looking at an overall training cost of about $100,000 USD or more!
2. In the USA it's just called an ATP, and you need 1,500 hours of flight time. The instrument rating is a requirement in order to get the ATP under U.S. law. There is no minimum hour requirement for the Instrument rating, but you need a private pilot certificate (minimum 40 hours) and 40 hours of instrument experience (simulated or otherwise). So you're probably looking at 80-100 hours for the Instrument rating. If you already hold these certificates in another country, they should be valid in the USA so long as your country meets ICAO requirements. Flight time is also transferable.
3. You seem to know some amount about aviation, so I'll assume that you have at least a Private Pilot Certificate from an ICAO State. 1) You may be issued a US Private Pilot, and if you have instrument privileges, and have passed a US Instrument written, you may be issued an instrument rating on the US Certificate. In either case, this is a restricted certificate. 2) Assume that you hold a Commercial/Instrument or better from an ICAO state, then you should skip the whole US Instrument thing, and go straight for ATP. This assumes that you meet the requirements for the ATP. The cost should be less than $2500.00. This would be an unrestricted or normal certificate. 3) Lets assume that you have little or no instrument time. Then the regulation requires that you have 40 hours of instrument time of which 15 hours must be instrument instruction received from an appropriately rated instructor. I'd guess that this would cost anywhere from about $5000-$7000. This too would be a restricted certificate because it has been placed on a restricted certificate. To lift the restriction, you would have complete a course of training, and pass a US test for Private or Commercial. In this case all but 15 hours of instrument time would carry forward from your previous time; only the 15 hours must be gained from a US CFI. Your English seems to be great based on the phrasing of your question. If this is not the case, and you struggle with fast-paced clearances, etc., spoken in English, then you should add a significant multiplier to the above number on the order of 1.5, 2, or even 2.5. An answer can be specifically tailored to you experience if you will post your flight time, instrument time, multiengine time, and the ICAO state in which it was acquired.