Best route?
 

I am a 21 y/o male. No degree (only about 1.5 years college). What is the cheapest route to become an airline pilot? And what is the quickest? I was looking into RAA (Regional Airline Academy), since they have quite a few affiliates and get a guarenteed interview with each, but the schooling is quite spendy from what i've heard. Any help? :p

Enlist in the USAF...get into either 3c0 or 3c2 career fields (computer / communications operators and technicians) you'll be inside , have plenty of time due to shift work to attend on-base / local community school. complete your degree and apply for OTS and pilot training...IF it doesn't work out at least you'll have good job prospects and be able to finance training at an FBO...

Not possible..I was in the USAF but was diagnosed with Asthma and got discharged :mad: . But thanks for the reply :p

College
 

Gotta have that degree. Try a collage with an aviation program, get your time while earning college credits. Fast track the tickets (PVT, COMM, MULT and CFI) than build time, preferably while still in school. Good luck

Raa
 

I have been attending RAA for about 5 months now and tomorrow I will be starting my Commercial multi. RAA is a great school since I have been there at least 20 people have gotten hired by airlines. One I heard got a job with less than 300tt not sure how that worked but thats the story. They really push you to get through so if you are serious about becoming a pilot RAA is a great school. They also have partnered with Utah Valley State college so you can do online classes to finish your degree at a reduced price. Pretty good deal if you are interested.

May not need a degree any more. SkyHigh will tell you there are millions of guys waiting to take my job but I doubt it. If this race to the bottom continues there will not be very high qualifications to get a lousy job with no promise of a future. Just get any crappy job flying the biggest thing you can get your hands on and keep up the networking. It will happen. God help you if it does.

(SkyHigh please don't answer. We all know where you stand on this issue.)

For the incredibly low price of $73,495.00 "guaranteed fixed priced."

No thanks...thats way too much to pay for flight training...your money would be better spend on a degree and get your ratings at a local FBO or one of the lower priced flight training schools...ALLATP is the one i'm looking at going thru for my other ratings..their 90 program / self paced programs sound promising...

V/r,
LA

God help the airline that hired that liability!!!!!!!!

"Total cost including ATP’s Private Pilot Program: $91,985" (Zero hours to ATP)

That would be the number to compare to RAA's $73,495.00

From what I've seen for a zero hours to ATP, ALLATP is the most expensive. (maybe excluding ERAU) Yeah you can get your PPL and initial ratings elsewhere and save a bunch, sounds like you're doing that. ALLATP is still an expensive flight school.

MAPD advertises $50,000 from zero to ATP. There are plenty of reasons not to go there, of course.