For the last few day I have been struggling with the decision on whether to stay in the military or get out and pursuit my dream of become an airline pilot. Am a currently 29 years old, single with no kids, and have a BS in Business. I have been literally glue to the internet for days trying to do my research to help me make the right decision. From what I have read in articles and forums, all the signs point to staying in the military. But event-though the wage suck, quality of life decrease substantially and I’ll be in huge debt from flight school loans, somehow I still would like to pursuit this dream. I finally came to the conclusion that pilots are either stupid or crazy; stupid in the sense that they had no idea what they were getting themselves into or crazy in the sense that they knew what they were getting into but did it anyway. To be honest I think I might be crazy enough to go for it.

My biggest concern at the moment is the cost of flight school. From what I have notice, the entire profession pilot training program range from 70,000 to 100,000. Am worry that that I won’t be able to pay that amount back making 20,000 a year

The question I have is; have any of you knowing know the risks you were taking and did it pay off (it doesn’t have to be monetary)

Do any of you know of or would recommend National Aviation Academy flight training program? The program is 19 month and cost 79,000. By the time your finish you’ll have all the rating plus complete your ATP written plus 400-500 actually aircraft hours