Aviation Schools
 

Hey everyone, my first post on these forums, so my apologies if this is the wrong place to be posting this.

I have been seriously considering a carreer as a pilot for the last 6-7 years now, and it has really been the only thing I've wanted to do in life. I'm currently 16 and on my way to my PPL with ~25 hours logged (Solo XC already out of the way). I plan on getting as much certification as I can before I hit 18 and have to go off to college. And up until school began again I was having a lesson every to every-other day.

My question is what are some good aeronautical universities that I could go into? Are they like trade schools where I need to go to college first, or are they a college in themselves? I've been considering Embry-Riddle, but I've heard of several others and just want to get some opinions on what would be best. And after that, what entry-level jobs are there for new, young pilots? I know that you have to have a bunch of hours to get a job at an airline, but I don't really know how I'm going to get those hours.

I'm not really too familiar with the system or how the pilot circut works either, so if any of you can help clarify that would be
great.

EDIT - This is a repost, my fault for not looking. There aare many threads that already awnser my question. Mods can delete if they want...

Have you read anything on this forum regarding aviation schools at all? There's no shortage of threads on the subject. Read the "Key Alternative Loan & Bankruptcy" thread on the Money Talk board, and "Embry Riddle: to go or not to Go" on Flight Training board.
The consensus of those with actual experience and hindsight is that an aviation school, and ESPECIALLY an aviation degree, is a bad idea. Graduating ERAU with a degree completely useless in the real world, while starting your pilot career not making enough money to pay your $1000 a month student loan payments, is the worst possible way to get started.
Continue to get your ratings at a local FBO, and attend a respectable state school for an in-demand business or engineering degree.

You can't get better advise than this. Either an FBO or ALL ATP for the training, and get a BS in whatever your second choice for a career would be. Don't get in debt for a degree that is useless if another 9/11 happens, or you want to change careers at a later time.

Go to a good local flight school if you want to learn to actually fly and pay less, or go to ALL ATPS if you want to take out a 45k loan and just learn how to pass checkrides so you can get into the regionals as fast as possible.

Thanks again for the replies, and sorry for posting something that has already been mentioned. I just didn't see anything on the subject, perhaps I wasn't looking hard enough.

I'll keep what you have said in mind, I've been under the impression that an Aviation School helps lot, apparently I'm very mistaken. :D