Originally Posted by
ce650
Go to a good state school , get an engineering degree or business degree or some other degree. Go get your ratings at a local FBO.aviation degrees are worthless when your on furlough like half of the comerical pilots today.
I agree wholeheartedly. Went to college for Aviation Management and got my certs on the side at a FBO. I also got a minor in marketing- this has proved to be the most valuable thing I did. Right out of school I had offers from three companies who wanted me to do marketing for them (all of them aviation companies). I decided to go a different path and am now flight instructing and working on my helicopter certs. However, the fact that I had a distinct skill beyond just aviation management gave me the opportunity to do whatever my little heart pleased.
Get a professional degree at a state school or community college and do your certs on the side. It will be the best thing you could ever do to always ensure you have a way to feed and clothe yourself.
-ArchAngel