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Old 09-10-2009 | 06:59 PM
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MTCowboy thank you for the reply. I have thought about what I would want to do if I lost my medical or got laid off and thats what turned my off from the BA degree. I would love to work for boeing doing modifications on the B1 or other aircraft. I love what I do for the military but the chances of me staying in with the same job are slim thats what i'm getting out. I do want to get my A&P at least. I am still trying to decide on which degree but I am leaning more and more towards AE.

Which campus did you goto? Can you give me some advice about the school/area?
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Old 09-11-2009 | 09:13 AM
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Something no one has mentioned was the route I took. Riddle has a great up and coming Business department. I too was worried about having something to fall back on other than an aero sci degree. I got a BS in Aviation Business Management with a Minor (area of concentration as they call it) in Flight Operations, which gets your tickets. The minor would allow you to use the GI Bill possibly to pay for your flight training being part of the curriculum. In the business world, people may not recognize ERAU, but they do recognize a business degree. Its another option to engineering, and gives you a bit more time to enjoy Daytona Beach!
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Old 09-11-2009 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by G550av8or
Something no one has mentioned was the route I took. Riddle has a great up and coming Business department. I too was worried about having something to fall back on other than an aero sci degree. I got a BS in Aviation Business Management with a Minor (area of concentration as they call it) in Flight Operations, which gets your tickets. The minor would allow you to use the GI Bill possibly to pay for your flight training being part of the curriculum. In the business world, people may not recognize ERAU, but they do recognize a business degree. Its another option to engineering, and gives you a bit more time to enjoy Daytona Beach!
Sounds good, but I'm not sure that would be the most cost effective way to do it. Flying on campus is expensive, and time consuming. If you can handle flying outside of Riddle, doing the BA program and flying on the side is a good way to do it, I would think.
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Old 09-11-2009 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Tegguy
MTCowboy thank you for the reply. I have thought about what I would want to do if I lost my medical or got laid off and thats what turned my off from the BA degree. I would love to work for boeing doing modifications on the B1 or other aircraft. I love what I do for the military but the chances of me staying in with the same job are slim thats what i'm getting out. I do want to get my A&P at least. I am still trying to decide on which degree but I am leaning more and more towards AE.

Which campus did you goto? Can you give me some advice about the school/area?

I went to Daytona Beach. It's a great place. Lots of Distractions that wear bikini's or comes in a beer glass. I don't think (not sure) Prescott has the Aerospace Engineering degree so I think your going to be stuck with the bikinis and beer in Daytona Beach. I think the AE would be a really good choice. If I could go back and start over that is what I would do. I can't tell you much about the Prescott Campus. I was there a LONG time ago for just a campus visit and I know it has changed along with Daytona's campus.
Was just in Daytona last month for the first time in 10 years and I almost didn't recognize it. It is really really nice now.
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Old 09-12-2009 | 06:38 PM
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Sounds good, but I'm not sure that would be the most cost effective way to do it. Flying on campus is expensive, and time consuming. If you can handle flying outside of Riddle, doing the BA program and flying on the side is a good way to do it, I would think.
The Gi Bill pays for the flying costs if it's part of a degree or minor so it wouldn't be expensive it would be paid for.

Thank you for the responce MTCowboy. I am going to go visit the campus after my deployment and see the area. Right now thats the way i'm leaning though so all my bases are covered.
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Old 09-12-2009 | 07:39 PM
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DAB, go to Southturn for wings.
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