Old 12-24-2020, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by arbalist1 View Post
If I did it all over again, I'd enlist in the air force in an IT field. Learn everything I can for at least 36 months, then get out and use post 9/11 GI bill at a university with a flight program. Get my licenses and IT certs at the same time. Maybe even join a ANG unit and put in for a UPT slot every chance I got.

Hindsight 20/20.
This is what I’ve done, except I was in the service for 9 years during the lost decade. I say have your son join the military, either go the commissioning route to fly or just 36 months of service in a field where he can gain some backup skill sets and get the GI BILL.

After that, recommend him to to use the GI BILL to get the remainder of his ratings and check the degree box. Plus side to that, by the time he is finished with all that, the industry hopefully will have shaken out.
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