This is all very helpful information and I thank you all for your input. I still have a year and a half before I do anything so I have a generous amount of time to pull more research and make more decisions.

About being "that guy" I can still hold my own In most conversations! I try not to make excuses but I just don't see myself going to school for anything else...

If I went to school for something other than flying it would have to be (I hate to say it but it's true) Aircraft engineering and design. I always liked the homebuilt side of airplanes and, let's face it, we all would like to design our own "dream" airplane.

I understand what is required for charter and when I wrote that in earlier I kind of put it there as an alternate option.

I know I want to go to a flight academy and my parents are pushing me to go to a flight academy and NOT go to college... Keep in mind my brother is a kinesiology major, my dad was an architecture major and my mom was a business major so I was shocked when they said they weren't going to make me to go to a 4 year nor did they want me to go to one.

Only after telling them everything you have told me, they decided I needed to go to a flight academy first, get my ratings, CFI during weekends and summers of college and go where ever after that. They figure going to Aerosim and getting my ratings before college allows me to make money during college rather than making no money (or just enough money to eat with a min wage job). That's the reasoning behind it I have a few people I need to talk to including a current united captain and an Alaskan airlines captain.

I'm not sure if any of you know about the Patriots jet team in CA but it's an all volunteer (no one gets paid on the team at all) demonstration jet team that flys the L-39. That is where I currently volunteer, most of the pilots are current or ex airline and military pilots (even an Ex Canadian snowbirds lead pilot), I have the opportunity to talk to them and I plan to ask a few questions. Most likely will also be able to get some L-39 type time before I graduate too

Anyways, now that you know more about me and my family than most of my friends do, I hope this clears up any confusion from a past post. Looking forward to your replies and opinions once again!