Originally Posted by
blastoff
Not true in the US due to the abundant supply of pilots from General Aviation, Universities, Military Pilots, and non-pilot Military funding their training with the GI Bill. If you have any remaining Post 9/11 GI Bill left, you can use it to fund 100% of your costs until you run out (60% if you still haven't converted from Montgomery GI Bill). You're looking at 60-100K in training you need to fund.
In the pursuit of a degree. That is the part everybody seems to forget here when throwing out that option. You can't just use the Post 9/11 bill to pay for 100% of your flight training at any Part 141 VA approved flight school. It has to be part of a college in which you are enrolled in.