Originally Posted by
NMuir
I would get your flight training, get on with a regional. Then begin to work on an online degree while employed by a regional. Get a degree in finance or business or something, it will be the most useful outside of aviation in case you have a medical or incident or economic downturn or something.
Careful. In theory you can do that, and complete 121 time building and the degree concurrently. But I've seen a lot folks who got distracted by life (spouse, GF, lifestyle) and ended up as 2000 hour TPIC regional CA's with no degree and little chance of moving.
Be disciplined if you're doing it in that order. It will save you some time and get you crucial seniority faster, but may not be easy.