Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Actually, the really rich ones will just buy small airplanes.
On the contrary, the really smart and broke ones will go this way and save themselves a bundle. Pair up with a partner or two, work while you train and come out on the other side w/o a dime in loans. It can be done. Who do you think wants to be the pilot more, the person that takes out a 150K loan to buy some time/certificates at the prestigious aviation school or the person with the entrepreneurial fortitude to get it done the non-traditional way without loans? It takes a lot of perseverance, effort and smarts to get your own plane, take care of it, line up your own instructors, study on your own and stay flying all while working a full time job.