Originally Posted by
JetJock16
Yes UND and Riddle students do have to take more classes than a GA grad but does this make him or her a better aviator? No! It’s what’s inside the person that makes him or her a better aviator.
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Originally Posted by
JetJock16
Tpersuit, 141 or GA what does it really matter. I think the smarter pilot is the one who spent very little money, actually learn the material and has a degree in something else other than aviation.
UND is not that expensive. I spent an average $4,500 year on tuition.
Originally Posted by
JetJock16
BTW, if you want tough let’s talk about the Air Force Academy or Annapolis. UND, Riddle or any other aviation institution can’t hold a candle to those schools.
Air Force Academy is one of the toughest, a lot more than UND and Riddle. But with your argument about GA training being the same as a 121 then it should be equal to those two as well.
JetJock, where did you do all your training?
I have done 141 and GA. Flight instructed in LA airspace, outside the "UND bubble" and flew 50 hours around the entire Midwest in a twin to gain some good practical experience when I left UND. If you never went to UND, what makes you an expert on its training there. All the GA stuff I've done was a cake walk compared to UND training.
A good thing about UND is they set you straight on following policy and procedures, which is good training for someone wanting to work at the airlines. I remember some guys that had done GA before coming to UND and they whined about why they had to follow policies all the time. Now not all of them were like that. My good friend since freshman year had over 200 hours GA before he came to UND, and he is probably the best pilot I know. He became that good because of the combination of the two.
The point I am trying to make is it is good to have experience with all aspects of the industry. UND made me study hard and follow policies and procedures, while the GA flying gave me some really good real world experience. I'm very glad I didn't instruct at UND because I got out of the bubble and became a much better pilot because of it. But to say that someone who just had only GA flying is automatically the same experience as a 121 grad is lying to yourself.
I ask you again, have you done 121? and if so where?