Hello,

I'm a retired veteran and am currently enrolled at a University with an Aviation program. I already have a Bachelors degree and I'm enrolled in a second Bachelors so the GI Bill will pay for everything. Great right? Well, the only concern I have is that since I'm enrolled in all these non flight related classes I have much less time to devote to flight training. So I'm in somewhat of a dilemma. Do I stick with the University and take two plus years to get my PPL, Commercial, Instrument and Multi all paid for by the GI Bill and then pay for CFI, CFII and MEI?

Or, do I bite the bullet and pay for almost all of my ratings myself and get them sooner and start flying for hire sooner? Also, this way I can devote all my time toward flight stuff and not writing History papers or taking a Communications class or other such nonsense.

Anybody that's been through this, or have any insight please share. Lastly, the University that I attend has a lot of days where flying is not possible due to weather. It is common for me to not fly for over a week due to weather this Spring. Any advice would be appreciated.