Originally Posted by
coryk
I've read that Eagle wants another 700 pilots next year. My question is how and where will they find these pilots? They've already lowered their minimums twice and have gotten 500 (ish) pilots this year out of 700 they've stated needing. Does anyone foresee Eagle lowering the minimums even further to attract those "fresh out of school" types?
I'm currently about 400/110 without a flying job. I'm one of the Veterans affected by the cuts to GI Bill and opportunity to get my CFI/CFII is no more because of it (at ERAU). I'm wondering if I should just suck it up and go to ATP and knock out the CFI's, which also would be a huge strain financially. Or just slowly keep building time. I have a couple of friends who own airplanes and I'm responsible for the fuel so slowly building time that way is a bit cheaper than shelling out $6,000 for ATP's CFI fast track program.
Thoughts, advice? Thanks!
Can you elaborate on this? How was the funding cut for this training? As far as I know, they only changed the way BAH was paid. Is this in regards to the in-state vs. private school? I take it ERAU isn't a yellow ribbon school?
If this is the case, why don't you transfer to a community college that offers the CFI/I/MEI under it's program? You should then get FULL reimbursement for that.