Embry Riddle: to go or not to go
09-09-2006, 04:09 AM
#101
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Originally Posted by ERAU1978grad
An aero science degree is useless. It barely fills a line on an application. I realized that when I had flown 3 years as a CFI and had 1500+hours. Of course, I was better off than those pilots around me who had no degree, but when the market went flat and all airlines started to furlough instead of hire, I had absolutely no edu-mication to make a second income except to pump gas at the local FBO. That was it. I drove a tug from midnight to 8:00AM. WalMart didn't exist back then or I would have had a backup plan. I STRONGLY stress the importance of getting a degree outside of aviation. Unfortunately, sooooo many pilots I know are just like I was-- starry-eyed about winged thingies and don't want to pollute their resume with lines like BS Accounting or BS Management. Big mistake.
-LAFF
09-09-2006, 05:14 AM
#102
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the Harvard of the Sky
http://www.erau.com/er/hotcareers/pilot.html
“When the interviewer asks where you did your flight training and you say Embry-Riddle, it’s done,” he says. “Embry-Riddle is the standard in the industry. People still call it the Harvard of the Sky.”
-LAFF
“When the interviewer asks where you did your flight training and you say Embry-Riddle, it’s done,” he says. “Embry-Riddle is the standard in the industry. People still call it the Harvard of the Sky.”
-LAFF
09-09-2006, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by LAfrequentflyer
http://www.erau.com/er/hotcareers/pilot.html
“When the interviewer asks where you did your flight training and you say Embry-Riddle, it’s done,” he says. “Embry-Riddle is the standard in the industry. People still call it the Harvard of the Sky.”
-LAFF
“When the interviewer asks where you did your flight training and you say Embry-Riddle, it’s done,” he says. “Embry-Riddle is the standard in the industry. People still call it the Harvard of the Sky.”
-LAFF
That quote is from a guy who went to ERAU. Of course he's going to say something like that. Further, the story is posted on ERAU's website, and authored by a guy who doesn't seem to have any sort of credentials to write the story. The only fact we know about Ross is that he introduced Independence Air as "a small airline that served regularly scheduled routes for Delta," a statement that immediately leaves a black mark on his credibility.
09-09-2006, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by LAfrequentflyer
http://www.erau.com/er/hotcareers/pilot.html
“When the interviewer asks where you did your flight training and you say Embry-Riddle, it’s done,” he says. “Embry-Riddle is the standard in the industry. People still call it the Harvard of the Sky.”
-LAFF
“When the interviewer asks where you did your flight training and you say Embry-Riddle, it’s done,” he says. “Embry-Riddle is the standard in the industry. People still call it the Harvard of the Sky.”
-LAFF
09-17-2006, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by LAfrequentflyer
Only a few will listen to you. Unfortunately, they buy the BS Aero Science degree....What do you do now?
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09-18-2006, 04:57 AM
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Its worthless because everything you need to know is found in FAA published or approved manuals. You don't need to sit in a class room for 4 years to pass those written tests or to pass an interview...
I suspect most of the people in those classes are the scoins of old money and the odd few that are about to burden their parents with 100K+ in debt.
Aero Science degree does have one benefit - you and your training officer in the local PD will have something to talk about while on patrol.
-LAFF
I suspect most of the people in those classes are the scoins of old money and the odd few that are about to burden their parents with 100K+ in debt.
Aero Science degree does have one benefit - you and your training officer in the local PD will have something to talk about while on patrol.
-LAFF
09-18-2006, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LAfrequentflyer
Only a few will listen to you. Unfortunately, they buy the BS Aero Science degree....What do you do now?
-LAFF
-LAFF
ATP- MEL
Commercial- SEL, SES, MES, Glider
CFI-A,-I,-MEL,-Glider
4,500 hours Total
I went back to school and got an engineering degree at a state university that cost me $700 a quarter. I almost went insane making enough money to pay off Riddle loans, second degree tuition, rent and food.....BUT my first job out paid $40k a year. It was definitely worth the 4 extra years and the best investment I ever made. It would take you at least 10 years to reach the same salary with an Air Science degree.
I haven't flown in 5 years, my licenses are expired due to lack of BFR and I do not have a current medical. I really don't care if I ever see another cockpit.
F++k Riddle.
09-18-2006, 09:56 AM
#108
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Originally Posted by LAfrequentflyer
Its worthless because everything you need to know is found in FAA published or approved manuals. You don't need to sit in a class room for 4 years to pass those written tests or to pass an interview...
I suspect most of the people in those classes are the scoins of old money and the odd few that are about to burden their parents with 100K+ in debt.
-LAFF
I suspect most of the people in those classes are the scoins of old money and the odd few that are about to burden their parents with 100K+ in debt.
-LAFF
Also consider that an Aero Sci degree, especially at this thread's subject institution, is so insanely expensive that not only is it useless, but it's even HARMFUL. For a degree whose only purpose is to fill a checkbox on an application, it's hard to choose more poorly than Aero Sci.
By the way, those about to burden themselves and their parents with years of crushing debt are closer to the majority than you'd think...
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09-18-2006, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by POPA
Apparently, Riddle never bothered to teach you that pilot certificates don't expire.
<<<< Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk
Last edited by ERAU1978grad; 09-18-2006 at 01:20 PM.
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