Originally Posted by rickair7777

Ultimately it comes down to individual responsibility...but it's hard not get scammed. I had a lady approach me at a gate area, she was proud that her son is headed off to ERAU this fall even though it was costing a fortune (she obviously could not afford it easily). I had to bite my tongue hard not to give her a very blunt assessment of the scam she was involved in. If I had had the time, I would have tried to sit down with her and explain some things. All I could do was say that she should look into some other training options to save some money. That kid's Mom fell for it, or didn't do good research...her reserach was probably limited to what the flight school hustlers told her I can't really hold the kid responsible at that age if the parents bought off on it. Parents are supposed to be responsible about stuff like that.