Originally Posted by
Av8tr1
Maybe I wasn't clear in my original post. I have some VA education funding that is about to run out. I only have so much, roughly 20K and less than a year to use it. There is not enough time or money for me to go back to school for 2-4 years for another degree.
You can't use it for an online?
Originally Posted by
Av8tr1
can only use it for a very short list of options. A type rating is one of those that I am allowed to use it for and makes the most sense.
If it's burning a hole in your pocket and you have NOTHING else you want, it "makes sense". Sorry to break it to you, it's not really going to make you marketable for a major. You said you were military trained, do you have a currency issue? In that case, going to a regional and getting a type on (insert RJ here) and some time in the plane is more marketable than a type.
Originally Posted by
Av8tr1
There are other certifications I could go get but none that align with my current employment or the time frame I have available or that would make me more marketable to another aviation employer. A aviation employer would not be interested in EMT, diving certs, gun smithing or farrier service.
You'd be surprised. Get one of those certs, then do volunteer work in the field of those certs. That makes more sense than getting a type.