Started in sept 2018. Finished in March of 2020 with the bachelor's. I had never touched a plane in September of 2018. Now a CFI/CFII with 925 hours qualified for the R-ATP at 1000.

I probably could have done it about 9 months faster. But I have a full-time job as a firefighter, 2 kids, and a wife that works. The aviation route was always a side gig.

My student loan bill is right at 60k now. I am paying off the private loans as fast as I can, and Trump stopped the interest on my federal ones.