Originally Posted by TXTECHKA

same here, I got my ratings at a local fbo while attending a big university. I did not get an aviation degree. It is unnecessary and gives you nothing to fall back on. I will always recommend the fbo route. I built up a bunch of time while instructing there and was able to go straight to my choice of regionals as soon as I graduated. In my opinion, your experience will be much more diverse with this type of school if for no other reason, you will end up flying a lot of different types of aircraft at an fbo while a factory you will only fly a couple of different types. You can do your ratings just as fast if you want to at an fbo but I would recommend going to college to if you haven't already. A decent degree is worth alot more than a pilot's license, plus its more fun than you'll know what to do with.