Originally Posted by SebastianDesoto

That's also an ignorant statement. It does not take the big picture into account.

Next time you may feel the need belittle a 4 year school/university, remember your comments reach further than just those pilots. Purdue, ERAU, UND etc...have a much much larger market than just training pilots. Quite a few of the folks that go there are in ROTC programs becoming officers in our armed forces. Are you belittling them too? How about the engineers working for NASA, Boeing, or Lockheed? You can also extend that to dispatchers, Air Traffic Controllers, FAA, management, maintenance, or anyother feild that those schools educate.

I understand as well as anyone how ridiculous it is to invest more money than necessary in flight training. I would NEVER recommend it to anyone. Infact, I have come to believe that flight training is starting to become economically unviable and will fundamentally have to change. However, I will defend those schools. When I think back to my time spent as a student of ERAU I think back to all the freinds I made. The vast majority of them have successful careers outside of flying airplanes for an airline. A lot of them are serving or have served in Iraq or Afgahnistan.

The only thing I am ashamed of is the money I spent. Go get an education in something that will be marketable outside of flying airplanes but that also compliments it, like engineering. One of those overpriced 4 year schools allow for exactly that kind of education (and you can still fly of campus in a 152).