Cheap Option for Printing Lesson Plans
Posted by snickyboi19@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 17 comments
*Not self promo nor am I affiliated with this company in any way*
I just started CFI training and was looking at different options to print out lesson plans. I checked with some places like Staples and the quotes were an insane amount in the $300 range.
I found this website that looked like a good deal so I decided to try it out. https://www.cheapercopies.com
I got all 600 ish pages of the BSP lesson plans printed out in color, double sided on 20 pound paper, and shipped to my door for about $70. They just arrived today and honestly the quality is pretty good.
Just thought I’d share this company in case anybody else is looking to print out lesson plans!
Neither-Way-4889@reddit
Why do you need a full set of printed lesson plans? What happens down the line when you want to make changes and edits?
snickyboi19@reddit (OP)
I like having physical material as opposed to just reading it off of an iPad. This is for my CFI initial, so it’s a part of my check ride binder.
Gabriel_Owners@reddit
So print off the lesson plans he asks you to teach. Printing off an entire book is crazy.
snickyboi19@reddit (OP)
Yeah I’m glad today’s iPads work for you just fine lol. I literally said I wanted a physical copy as well. Maybe one day I’ll be more high speed like you bro
Gabriel_Owners@reddit
Maybe. Doesn't sound like it, though.
InPlainSightSC2@reddit
Fuck the haters, I support this
Handag@reddit
Back in my CFI days I would actually flip through my paper binder every once in a while when I was bored waiting on a student and read up on things I may have forgotten about , no way i’d ever be cracking open a lesson plan in my free time if I pick up an ipad.
Shooting-stxr@reddit
ya reprint em for cheap 😋
Neither-Way-4889@reddit
I just use fully digital lesson plans and a whiteboard.
Shooting-stxr@reddit
okie dokie
MehCFI@reddit
Are you going to have this Goliath of a binder available when you are teaching all the time? If so great i guess otherwise you just printed one helluva brick that you’ll never use after your checkride that will be much more difficult to keep uodated
mild-blue-yonder@reddit
I have two laser printers I’ve collected over the years. They’re worth the 400 or wherever they cost now. The toner lasts forever, the paper is cheap enough, and if you’re running a business, you’ll probably need it eventually at a time the local Best Buy is closed.
Frostyphotog131@reddit
I used cheapercopies for mine as well. I rolled in with a binder full of lesson plans, had a copy ipad too. DPE was very happy with that.
TxAggieMike@reddit
I’m now more of an iPad and PDF person for this.
No paper to keep up with. Easy enough to have internal bookmarks and hyperlinks out the kazoo, and as needed, I can cast to the flatscreen via AppleTV or similar setup.
stormostorm@reddit
My flight school had commercial printers that I commandeered, the real fancy ones that can whole punch and even staple.
When I walked up there at 9pm to make sure I could get away with it my flight instructor was printing the whole flight manual for his future regional jet, 1000+ pages, he showed me how to use the printer.
pronghornpilot@reddit
Is this for your checkride or for future use? For my CFI initial, I brought my laptop which had all my lesson plans on it. I only printed the lesson plans my DPE specifically requested incase he wanted to see me teach without the laptop.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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*Not self promo nor am I affiliated with this company in any way*
I just started CFI training and was looking at different options to print out lesson plans. I checked with some places like Staples and the quotes were an insane amount in the $300 range.
I found this website that looked like a good deal so I decided to try it out. https://www.cheapercopies.com
I got all 600 ish pages of the BSP lesson plans printed out in color, double sided on 20 pound paper, and shipped to my door for about $70. They just arrived today and honestly the quality is pretty good.
Just thought I’d share this company in case anybody else is looking to print out lesson plans!
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