Originally Posted by
Hamburger090
hey guys, currently am the most confused person in the world. My issue is the following, and it requieres the help from guys like you!!!
I applied to Embry and got accepted whooo!!! but man!! i have read the posts about that school and they are terrible!!!(including that important guys to girls ratio
). And is true they are really really expensive.
I want to be an airline pilot no questions about it no matter what it takes, and i thought that Embry was the one till today. Please guys give me some schools that may be the same as embry and that will give me satisfiying results. am 19 and i am almost done with my private .
I am also looking at central washington university... please some help on what to do!!! give me some schools that are cheaper and are equal or is it worth to go to embry... ??????? Also what degree to consider??
Looks to me that you're getting very good advice above. I was an ERAU grad as well. It's a great school. I have to also say that now it's definitely not worth the money these days.
If my kid wanted to learn to fly (and was
definitely passionate about it), I'd have him figure out what NON-AVIATION degree he wanted to pursue (i.e. what kind of work do you want to do when you inevitably get furloughed or can't find employment as a pilot), have him bang out his first 2 years at a local community college, then transfer to a state school to complete the Bachelor's. I would then send him to either a local FBO or a decent Part 141 school (whatever was cheaper) to bang out his ratings up to the CFII. Training with an organization that is likely to hire you after you complete your training with them and/or has connections to a regional airline F/O job would be a plus in my eyes.
The regionals don't care about where you got your degree or even if you have one. They just want a guy who will work for low wages. If you decide to go to a major, they won't care where you got your degree from or what it's in- just that you have your Bachelor's.
Get ready to be poor for a very long time, unfortunately. It's a great job, but a crappy career. Good luck to you.