flash52208

I am wanting to become an airline pilot but however I do not have any license or flight hours logged. Right now im in Iraq serving as a ch-47 crew cheif/mechanic and I have been talking to KS State University about going to school through them. The military would be paying for most of it if not all of it. I was looking into there professional pilot program but I needed a little advise on starting my schooling and what route would be best. I'm planning on trying to get a cfi job during school to get hours. I have been looking at requirments to get hired for an airline pilot and I see that they very between each airline. I still have 2 years left in the military so I am trying to get everything set up so when my time is up to get out I am ready to go. Any advise would most helpful because I would like to know everything I can before its time. Thnkx

rickair7777

While it would be a good idea to get your CFI early and instyruct to build hours and make money during school, there may be a problem with doing that at a university flight training program....

Those programs are usually very structured, you earn ratings according to a set schedule over 4 years. The CFI ratings would typically be last and you might not get them until senior year.

Check with the school to find out how that would work.

Another option might to do all your flight training first at a part 141 non-university program, get your CFI(s), and then teach while you are in college. But odds are that you are financially much, much better off using the post 9/11 GI Bill for your college degree with a flight training program, even if you don't get your CFI until then end.

flash52208

Thank you for the advise. I was looking at there curriculum and according to it the CFI would be at the end of the course. I was thinking about getting my private pilot license when I got back from Iraq this tour so I could get some logged flight time in.

TI 3VOM

Try looking at a 2 year college. They offer pvt to cfi in less than 2 years and you can still use your GI bill benefits depending on the school. Once you complete the associates then you can transfer all the credits to ERAU to finish up the bachelors. The programs tend to be less structured. Most the schools use an outside FBO or flight school to provide the training so you can go at your own pace for the flight ratings. I know a lot of students who used this method with their VA benefits, some even got their CFI in less than a year, and were teaching at the flight school right away to build hours while finishing up the rest of the degree requirements.