find some place like ATP where you can get all of your ratings in a few months. Then go to some state school like Ohio State or Virginia Tech or University of South Florida and instruct part time on the weekends. This way, you will never have to endure the hell that is full-time flight instructing and you can have a great time at a real college and end up with some STDs and maybe a kid.


Well, scratch that last part, but you will have a lot more fun doing it this way. Instructing is actually a lot of fun in moderation...

 

Go to XYZ community college and get a business degree. Get your ratings at a local FBO. The only advantage to going to get an aviation degree used to be that some of the programs had connections with regional carriers to get selected graduates an interview with times like 600/100. Read that carefully, you still had to get from your 250/0 at commercial to the 600/100 they wanted. Now many regionals are interviewing anyone with 600/100, regardless if they spent $140,000 at ERAU or $40,000 split between State college and the local FBO. Why wouldn't you want a fall back plan? The only thing you'll get out of the aviation university is some advanced systems classes. Do yourself a favor, buy the Turbine Pilot's Manual and educate yourself. It's much cheaper. Besides, they'll teach you what you need to know when you get to class.

 

Wow... an ERJ type rating from this Jet University place is $23k, but a DC-10 type is $12k?

... dude, these guys are right- avoid this place like the plague!!! Somethin smells fishy, and it aint tacos!

 

Jet University used to be called Sim Center...the upper managment of Gulfstream Training Academy (not airline) all quit their jobs (or got fired) and hooked up wth Bill Radcliff at Sim Center and have created Jet University.....

 

Go to Riddle if you want to be in debt the rest of your life AND learn absolutely nothing. My advice: go to a REAL college and get a REAL degree. The airlines DO NOT require an aviation degree and they certainly DO NOT look any more favorable on Riddle grads than graduates from any other school.

As far as your career path, go get your ratings, but make absolutely sure that you ALSO train in some field other than aviation. i.e., earn a degree in something other than aviation.

 

Sounds almost identical to the typical line of BS that Riddle feeds their potential recruits.

 

Go to college, get a degree and make something of yourself. I love flying and wouldn't give it up unless it gave me up, but the stress of not knowing if your airline will be around next year let alone next week is killer. Although the flight academies are a fast track, they rape you every day of your money and you feel all dirty when they don't even give you a kiss first. Well, that's the way DCA was. If I could do it over I would not have gone to DCA or any academy.

 

come on guys. Don't sugar coat it. Tell us how you really feel.

 

I went to Florida Tech and did the B.S. in Aviation Management w/ flight. It gave me a pretty solid business/airport ops background and let me fly the whole time. The nice thing is you can work as a CFI for the school while you're a student and the pay is pretty decent for a CFI (more than the regional's make at least). Small school but a good one. I'd stay away from any academy...had a friend quit F.I.T. and go to one and it didn't work out too well.

 

I disagree. I've done a lot of research and haven't found anything against going to ATPS. For a fixed price / time a student that is proactive , engaged, and studious will make it without issues. I certainly hope someone interested in making such an investment (time and money) would not squander the opportunity.

-LAFF