AirWillie thanks for taking your time to give me a heads-up I sure do appreciate it.
Here is some more information about myself:
- I'm stubborn
- I'm willing to fail. One of my favorite quotes is "If You've Never Failed, You've Never Lived"
- Like many of you, I've wanted to be an airline pilot ever since I was a little kid. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) this dreams can not be changed by an internet topic.
- Because it is a dream I am emotionally involved => this means I can't be 100% analytical and cold blooded about it.
- I am trying to be realistic about it, I don't have extreme expectations ... as a matter of fact I don't have any expectations*. As long as I'm flying ... I will be happy (NO! I will not be a scab, and I will not work for free but if peanuts is what everyone is getting ... I won't mind peanuts)
I am sure you are right, you've seen the promised land (and in some of your cases that promise land was a dump).
Because I am young, stubborn (and maybe foolish) I want to go to the promise land myself and do my own judging.
* I do have goals and I do have a plan but I am very flexible about it.
Status update (if anyone cares):
ERAU is no longer my top choice ... my top choice is now UND.
- If you have the time, I am still waiting for an answer to this questions:
I have a question for a recent graduate of UND (Commercial Aviation or Flight Education major)
How much did the whole thing cost you (an estimate)?
1) Did you have any previous flight experience?
if yes ... what did you have to do to get credit for it (remedial training, mock check-rides etc.)
2) Did you live on campus?
3) What do you think about Grand Forks?
4) Did you establish residence in ND?
P.S. I read that ERAU costs 100,000$ more than UND, is that acurate?
P.P.S. I think I am willing to fight the freezing temperature ... I read some horror stories about the guy/girl ratio at ERAU + I am not willing to fork 200,000$ to go to ERAU when I can pay 100,000$ to go to UND (is that about right?).
- I am trying to get the best information I can from their websites ... but it's kinda hard to pick and choose around all the kool aid and bull****
- As you can probably tell I am pretty much all over the place (when it comes to choosing a school) ... the lack of factual information is the problem (I'm trying to get 3rd party info about this 3 schools ERAU, UND, Kent but almost everything I read is biased)
P.S. I'm not afraid of death/dying ... I'm afraid of those 10 seconds right before I go. I'm afraid of looking back and seeing many broken dreams and asking myself many "what if?" questions.