Originally Posted by surreal1221
Call Mesa to find out if it is approved for VA Benefits. Either way, you will have to take out a loan for something. As you can't rape the VA benefits by using you GI Bill for BOTH flight training and college costs (as far as I know. . . I could be wrong, but everyone I have spoken to has told me it can't be done, one or the other only.)
You can use the VA benefits for Part 141 flight training above PPL, or you can use your GI Bill for your tuition and school costs, etc, and take out a loan for the flight training.
Good luck.
I know for a fact that you can use VA for education and then later on use what's left for flight training. I don't know if you could do education and flight training at the same time with VA.
The way it pays is different. If you are enrolled in college you get a flat monthly "paycheck" of something like $1000/month. As long as you enrolled in an approved school and making the grades you get the check...which you can spend in any way you like...ie if you are on a scholarship or attending a state school with very low tuition, the VA check is rent & beer money.
For flight training, at the end of each month you submit a claim detailing all of the flight training performed in the previous month. The VA screens for claim, and if it is correct they send you a check for 60% of the ALLOWED training expenses. You normally have to pay the flight school upfront, and then you get re-imbursed by VA a month or two later so you do need a large chunk of cash handy.