Originally Posted by
LeoSV
Well ofcourse, I'm not advocating that you do this if you have a family depending on you, or if you already have a mortgage and such. This is definitely a better idea if you do live at home and don't mind eating ramen for 3 years. Personally, if I was 20 years old and had a willing co-signer, I would do it in a heartbeat. At 20, I ate ramen noodles all the time anyway, and I lived with 3 other people and paid $250/mo in rent, and drove a 15 year old honda civic that was ofcourse paid for. I could EASILY live off of $1200/month. Now, not so much. I have 3 kids, a new minivan, a mortgage, student loans, and a stay at home wife until August. Going to ATP now would be suicide. But if you still live off of peanuts, which most teenagers-23 year olds do, I say go for it!!
At 20 you should be enjoying your prime college years(ideally), not worrying about flight school and seniority. I'd like to see the stats on how many plunk down the cash to save time(which it really doesn't if you find the right small school) and don't make it to a regional or a major. I doubt anyone but a 40 or 50 something career changer aspires to fly an RJ for an entire career.